Name: Nelson's Follie (aka: "The Hoops")
Rating: 3.5

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Avalanche risk for Dec 14, 2018: Moderate

Heightened avalanche conditions on specific terrain features. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully; identify features of concern. Natural avalanches unlikely; human-triggered avalanches possible.

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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.

History & Background

Berthoud Pass has a lot of history, see the Friends of Berthoud Pass site: amazon.com/Climbing-Skiing-…

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Trail Ratings

3.5 from 4 votes

#11

in Berthoud Pass

#374

Overall

3.5 from 4 votes

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#11

in Berthoud Pass

#137

in Colorado

#374

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Nelson's Follie, in the gulch again. Pictured…

Nelson's Follie (aka: The Hoops) just as the gu…

Old Berthoud Pass trail map.

West side of the pass (across from the parking…

0.6 Miles 1.0 Kilometers Ski Line	0' 0 m Ascent -583' -178 m Descent
18% Avg Slope (10°) 32% Max Slope (18°)	11,314' 3,449 m High 10,731' 3,271 m Low

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

0.6 Miles 1.0 Kilometers

Ski Line

0' 0 m

-583' -178 m

18%

32%

11,314' 3,449 m

10,731' 3,271 m

Shared By Eric Internicola

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