Backcountry Skiing/Splitboarding – Montgomery Pass

An AIRE1 certification is required of all participants. The Zimmerman parking lot can be cold and windy and you should be mostly ready to go once arriving there however there is a bathroom at the parking lot if needed.

Practice using your ski gear before coming on this trip. Be prepared to ski terrain up to 30 degrees in slope angle and work on your transitions so others are not waiting and getting cold. You should be very comfortable with skiing intermediate or blue terrain at a ski resort for this trip.

Typically there are cornices at the top of the bowls and there is avalanche danger which is classified as level 3 on the Canadian ATES scale so we will be doing a beacon check at the base of the trail. Make sure your batteries have at least 40% life remaining.

We will meet at the northside Fort Collins King Soopers at 6:30AM and carpool to Cameron pass from there.