Day 4 - Loveland Pass

Got a fair start in the morning and hit the trail sometime after 8am. Only saw two skinners on our way out to the saddle, but they had already put in a few runs. Many of the first chutes/bowls on the front looked good, and we even saw a track off the backside, but we decided to head for the top.

Beautiful weather, we took our time and had no problem getting up to the summit in just over an hour. Our run looked like this (map below):

Started at the summit 12750' and dropped west off the backside to ride a nice patch down the back of the summit, crossed over to the front (east) right at the saddle, and carefully plotted the steep face through rocky patches - just enough snow to float, got some excellent turns in there. Followed the gully out, able to ride all the way to the road uninterrupted. Saw a few people hiking in the upper bowl.

Took a quick hike the second time around, and just got a few more turns under us. Very rocky in places, only surface dust, took a pretty hard spill on some small boulders. Met a guy from MA that was filming a kicker with his friends. Looks well built and will probably be around for a while this year.


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