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4 mi 6 km of descents — 7 Featured Ski Lines

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Favorite Looking up The Chimney, after an excellent day of skiing the lower half.

The Little Italy Couloir

0.3 mi 0.4 km • -785 ft Descent • -239.15 m Descent

Singletrack Manitou Springs, CO

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Favorite Looking up The Chimney, after an excellent day of skiing the lower half.

The Chimney

0.3 mi 0.5 km • -824 ft Descent • -251.16 m Descent

Singletrack Manitou Springs, CO

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Favorite Climbing the final section of the Middle Fork of the Y Couloir.

The Y Couloir - Middle Fork

0.4 mi 0.6 km • -1,351 ft Descent • -411.69 m Descent

Singletrack Manitou Springs, CO

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Favorite Looking up Big Blue on an amazing powder day.

The Bowl (a.k.a. Big Blue)

0.5 mi 0.8 km • -986 ft Descent • -300.54 m Descent

Singletrack Manitou Springs, CO

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Favorite You can't miss this obvious line on the East Face.

The East Face

1.3 mi 2.2 km • -2,804 ft Descent • -854.6 m Descent

Singletrack Manitou Springs, CO

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Favorite There is some short but fun tree skiing above the old trails.

The Old Pikes Peak Ski Area

0.7 mi 1.1 km • -797 ft Descent • -242.82 m Descent

Singletrack Cascade-Chipita Park, CO

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Favorite North side of the ridge above cornice bowl, facing south. Easiest descent is downhill from this location, and steeper descents can be found as you approach the cornice

Cornice Bowl

0.3 mi 0.5 km • -658 ft Descent • -200.7 m Descent

Singletrack Cascade-Chipita Park, CO

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Ascents in Pikes Peak - 2

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0.3 mi 0.4 km #1 The Approach to Glen Cove
Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
0.3 mi 0.4 km Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
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0.3 mi 0.5 km #2 The Hero Traverse
Manitou Springs, CO
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There is some short but fun tree skiing above the old trails.

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There is some short but fun tree skiing above t…
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Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
Looking up The Chimney, after an excellent day of skiing the lower half.

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Looking up The Chimney, after an excellent day…
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Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
Looking up Big Blue on an amazing powder day.

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Looking up Big Blue on an amazing powder day.
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Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
Skiing the lower half of The Chimney.

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Skiing the lower half of The Chimney.
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Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
Looking up Little Italy from half-way down.

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Looking up Little Italy from half-way down.
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Cascade-Chipita Park, CO
Descending onto the initial slope of the Hero Traverse.

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Descending onto the initial slope of the Hero T…
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Manitou Springs, CO
Having too much fun in Big Blue.

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Having too much fun in Big Blue.
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Manitou Springs, CO
Climbing the final section of the Middle Fork of the Y Couloir.

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Climbing the final section of the Middle Fork o…
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Manitou Springs, CO

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