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Shorter shots down to the road just above the Current Creek turnout. Fun sized cliffs when the snow is abundant, […]

The general name given to this area is also the name of the most central and most direct line here. […]

The area downhill of the Aquaduct down to Peter Rabbit. The skiers left side has a couple more open lines […]

Short but steep chutes and gullies. A little bit higher gnar factor than most of what you’ll find around the […]

A.K.A. “The Baseball Mitt”

North facing couloir off the summit of Red Peak. For more information and photos check out Stan Wagon’s Webpage.

The massive east face at the end of the long ridge extending East from Peak Z. 3000 vert of nearly […]

Popular skin track into Current Creek and luge run out of Current Creek. Watch for uphill traffic as you come […]

Easy access off the road in the summer, and usually holds snow fairly late in the year. Accessed by Powder […]

Another awesome objective on Byers Peak, the North Bowl actually has longer sustained steep skiing than the Summit Line does […]

Skiing from the top of the most iconic peak in the Fraser Valley is a rare opportunity. There are a […]

Cliff band above the aqueduct to the skiers right of Flume.

Southwest facing couloir descending from the notch between Peak C and C-Prime. For more information and pictures see Stan Wagon’s […]

An impressive looking line visible in the first creek drainage as you drive South over the pass on Highway 40. […]

Mellow former ski trail. The main skin track up the west side runs up lookers right of this trail and […]

Dropping down into Second Creek from the lookers bottom right corner of The Postage Stamp. Corner Pocket usually fills in […]

The obvious lower angle zone between the North Chutes and Current Creek Bowls. General pitch in the mid to upper […]

a.k.a. The Ten Little Indians This is the largest, most obvious, bowl with numerous chutes in Current Creek. There are […]

A pretty unique feature, Dave’s Wave, is a cornice that forms each year which runs directly down the fall line. […]

Tame, safe, and usually tracked out. A 15-20 minute skin will put you at the top of the old lift […]

The line connecting the upper part of Little Elvis Couloir to the lower part of the Silver Couloir. Heading north from […]

One of the most popular areas of the pass because of the low effort to skiing ratio. A 10 minute […]

The skiers leftmost obvious chute through the area referred to as the 90s and one of the lines that is […]

The cliffs between Rush Chute and Lift Gully. Depending on where and how hard you hit them they range from […]

Quick 250 vert shot down to the second switchback on the north side of the pass. Usually has good coverage […]

A.K.A “The Fingers” these 4(ish) chutes are probably the spiciest and most high visibility lines close to the pass. In […]

Another good early season or low tide option. Holds snow well because of it’s Northish aspect and the trees prevent […]

500 vert shot down to the second switchback on the south side of the pass. Fun natural features and banks […]

Generally considered anything between Telegraph up to the drainage gully past the first switchback on the access road up mines. The […]

Presumably got it’s name from the numerous fun drops off the aqueduct into this line. Towards the skiers right side […]

The farthest lookers right line before you get into the Rush Chute cliffs. Also the most open and obvious of […]

In my opinion this is the real classic, not the Silver. Steeper, narrower, and more interesting with less approach and […]

Huge, open couloir heading Northeast off the East summit of Red Peak. For more information and pictures check out Stan […]

The section of the 110s below the aquaduct. This area has some fun cliffs and a little bit more interesting […]

Mainline (a.k.a Great Divide) is the most obvious slope on the west side and often the first area at Berthoud […]

A Berthoud classic, and for good reason. The wide open SouthEast facing trees on the north side of Current Creek. […]

Easy access backcountry laps off Chair 1 at Loveland. Make the 10-20 minute hike to the top of the ridge […]

The skiers right of the two monster slide paths in the Mines drainage. These two slide paths have killed a […]

Skiers left of the two large slide paths in the Mines drainage. This is the bigger and badder of the […]

Not frequently great because it’s often wind scoured, but if it looks good you can add another 500 or 600 […]

The gully below the Mines 1 and Mines 2 slide paths is the only viable way out from either of […]

High effort to quality skiing ratio. A couple miles of skinning up a hiking trail will bring you to the […]

More of an area than a specific line, I consider this to be everything that runs off the skiers left […]

A fun, high visibility line off the summit of No Name. The face due East from the summit of No […]

The wide, moderately pitched bench following the lower ridge down from No Name. This area often holds decent snow early […]

Three (ish) chutes starting right from the false summit of Russell. The skiers rightmost chute is the most often skied […]

The South facing trees below/between the Postage Stamp and the 110s. Nicely spaced trees protect this area pretty well from […]

Relatively short line but high visibility and a consistently steep pitch. A long approach makes this one fairly infrequently skied.

Less frequently skied than most lines at the pass. Head up and over like you’re going to ski the very […]

Rush Chute is the line skiers left of Lift Gully. The first and only consistently skiable line though the West […]

The closest and most accessible year round snow patch to the front range. The savior of people trying to keep […]

Short but sweet alternate to the lower half of Mainline. Duck into the opening in the trees on the skiers […]

Best (read: only) way out to the bottom switchback on the North side of the pass if you end up […]

Depending on where you start 250-300 vert down to the second switchback on the north side. Slightly more interesting than […]

One of the “50 classics”, this line sees a lot of traffic, and can have good skiing, but the skiing […]

A good summer option, you can usually find 400-600 vert of skiable snow into September. A 2.5 mile hike each […]

Two prominent south / south-east facing chutes off of Hidden Knoll. Only 300 – 400 vert, but if that doesn’t […]

Low key meadows between the south chutes and the aquaduct. The upper part is usually a decent early season option.

The large, imposing, southeast face of Russell holds a handful of fun (if not extremely sketchy) lines. There are three […]

a.k.a “The Diamond” The East face of Stanley is a beautiful line that drops from the summit ridge of Stanley […]

Hardly worth mentioning. This south facing “bowl” is where the slope steepens downhill of The Roll and Test Slope. Usually […]

600 vert double fall line run down to the second switchback on the south side. Hike up the access road […]

Short, steeper pitch often used after a run down The Meadows to get back over to the bottom of the […]

The rocky open area downhill of the lowest point of the aquaduct. Fun pillows in mid winter. Not an attractive […]

Most obvious line off the North face of Deming. Photos and more information available on Stan Wagon’s Webpage.

Easy, and relatively safe, descent option from the top of Hidden Knoll if you don’t want to ski X, Y, […]

Access to the north facing lines in Current Creek. Too flat to be much fun, especially in deep snow. Good […]

Skiers right of Lift Gully the Plunge is the other obvious line down the face on the west side. The Plunge […]

The large open bowl skiers left of the west side cliffs. High twenty to low thirty degree pitch. Can release […]

Narrowest Couloir descending to the Southeast off the summit of Peak Z. More information and pictures available on Stan Wagon’s […]

Depending on conditions and where you choose to ski this is either an above treeline snowfield (25-30°) or nicely spaced […]

Tight, sustained, North facing chute off the east summit of Red Peak. For more information and pictures check out Stan […]

Two bowls on the lookers right of Y and Z chutes. Slightly lower pitch and more open than Y and […]

The lookers leftmost chute in XYZ chutes on Hidden Knoll. Likely the steepest of these three chutes as well and […]

The middle of the obvious east facing lines off Hidden Knoll. Pitch in the mid 30s, more straight forward than […]