Trip
Backcountry Nordic Skiing – Middle St Vrain Trail
Ski trip For BNSS Saturday students Let's practice the skills we learned!
Contacts
- Sun, Feb 2, 2025
- Denver
- Backcountry Nordic Skiing
- Adults
- Easy to Moderate, Easy to Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.2 mi
- Elevation Gain: 702 ft
- High Point Elevation: 10,000 ft
- Pace: 2 mph average
- 1 (8 capacity)
- 1 (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Weather
On the 10 day forecast, it looks like decent weather for our ski with temps around 30. Here is the NOAA weather:
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.131543&lon=-105.502837
Expect an approx 6 mile trip. We ski from the parking area through two summer campgrounds (Peaceful Valley and Camp Dix) and a mile in, get to the Middle St. Vrain Trail. We ski up the trail 2 miles on moderate terrain then cut across the valley to a county road for the three miles back to our cars.
We will meet at the new CMC lot at 15606 W 32nd, Golden at 8 am for a no later than 8:15 start for carpools.
Let me know if you are coming from north of Golden and I'll try to get you in another carpool.
Car pool rate from Golden is about $35.00
Required Equipment
bring your backcountry Nordic ski equipment
10 essentials
Lunch, something hot in a thermos is always welcome at lunch
Clothes that are appropriate for the weather conditions. This may include balaclava, gaiters, goggles,