Nelson's Follie (aka: "The Hoops")

Name: Nelson's Follie (aka: "The Hoops")
Rating: 3.7

3.7 ( 6 )

Trail

0.6 mile 1.0 kilometer point to point
Ski Line
Intermediate

Elevation

Ascent: 0' 0 m
Descent: -583' -178 m
High: 11,314' 3,449 m
Low: 10,731' 3,271 m

Grade

Avg Slope: 18% (10°)
Max Slope: 32% (18°)

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Trail shared by Eric Internicola

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Popular ski lines nearby

Making my way down what I refer to as Gaffney's ramp (since it comes in under Gaffney's Playground) You can see someone's bomb hole from someone hucking Gaffneys previously.

Mainline

0.2 mi 0.4 km • -281 ft Descent • -85.74 m Descent

(2) Winter…, CO

Lift Gully

0.2 mi 0.3 km • -297 ft Descent • -90.51 m Descent

(1) Winter…, CO

Lift gully headwall (gaffneys, rush, nitro)

0.3 mi 0.5 km • -312 ft Descent • -94.96 m Descent

(1) Winter…, CO

South Chute Roll

0.2 mi 0.3 km • -317 ft Descent • -96.73 m Descent

(2) Winter…, CO

CDT West (Lower)

0.6 mi 0.9 km • -516 ft Descent • -157.29 m Descent

(4) Winter…, CO

Meadow 3

0.2 mi 0.4 km • -293 ft Descent • -89.22 m Descent

(2) Winter…, CO

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“A natural gulch that opens to a steep aspen glade”

— Eric Internicola

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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Need to Know

The bottom of this trail is below a pretty large avalanche runout zone (Floral Park)

Description

From the parking lot at the top of Berthoud Pass, you drop into the obvious ravine to skiers right (adjacent to the road) and continue skiing in this gulch. Eventually this gulch opens up to a wonderful (but steeper) glade. This might give an intermediate skier / rider a bit of a challenge, but it's well worth it. The trail finally ends near the road, where most people will hitchhike back to the parking lot. Alternatively though, you could skin back up from where you came.