Trip
Backcountry Nordic Skiing – Cameron Pass
This will be an easyish to moderate level BCN trip in the Cameron Pass area with exact route TBD depending on trail conditions and weather forecast. Possibilities include Sawmill Trail, Long Draw Road, Michigan Lakes Trail or Zimmerman/Meadows area.
Contacts
- Sat, Feb 15, 2025
- Northern Colorado
- Backcountry Nordic Skiing
- Adults
- Easy to Moderate, Easy to Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,000 ft
- Pace: Casual/Moderate
- 2 (7 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We expect to be partly on-trail and partly off.
This trip is best suited to wider nordic-style skis (~80 to 100 mm in the toe) with waxless 'fish scale' traction surface underneath.
We will be on rolling terrain, so this trip is *not* well suited to AT or heavy tele gear.
This trip is also not well-suited to skinnier cross-country skis because we will be off-trail and making some turns; but if you are an advanced nordic skier and interested in this trip with your skinny skis, please contact the trip leader at stevendielman@gmail.com.
See required equipment for more details.
The meeting time and place will be communicated to trip participants a few days in advance. Expect to leave Northern Fort Collins about 7:15 with a ~90 minute drive to trailhead.
Required Equipment
- Ten Essentials and daypack
- Wider nordic-style skis (~80 to 100 cm) with waxless 'fish-scales' or other traction (eg, if you wax).
- Ski poles with snow baskets.
- Gaiters or some other method to keep the snow out of your boots (recommended but not required).