Trip
Backcountry Skiing/Splitboarding – Berthoud Pass
This is an early season exploratory trip. We, as a group, will be mindful of conditions (sharks, weather, snow pack, ect.) and make go/no-go decisions with all the information. This is tagged as a trailblazer's trip, but all are welcome.
Contacts
- Sat, Dec 28, 2024
- Denver
- Backcountry Skiing/Splitboarding
- Adults
- Easy
- Mileage: 3.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,500 ft
- High Point Elevation: 12,430 ft
- Pace: 900 ft/hr
- 4 (6 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This will be an easy day of touring in low angle terrain. Option 1 will be to start from the forest service warm up hut and ascend East Meadows or West Meadows. Choice will depending on snowpack and snow conditions. Option 2 will be Current Creek. We will ascend along the typical route near the creek bed and descend through the low angle trees before reaching the higher angle terrain.
Woolly Mammoth P&R 06:45, Section AA if car pooling; otherwise, meet at Berthoud Pass Summit parking lot ready to skin at 08:00; or if we go Current Creek, be at Current Creek TH ready to skin at 08:00. We'll dial in our one of our two choices night before after looking at the weather and avy forecasts.
Required Equipment
Winter BC Ski travel gear including Transceiver/Probe/Shovel, helmet, goggles/sunglasses, layers, buff, gloves. 10 Essentials appropriate for the season, incl. food/drink.