Name: Hellroaring Peak Summit Snowfields
Rating: 5.0

Hellroaring Peak Summit Snowfields

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Avalanche risk for Feb 23, 2019: Considerable

Dangerous avalanche conditions. Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route-finding and conservative decision-making essential. Natural avalanches possible; human-triggered avalanches likely.

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“A date with the snow ghosts.”

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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

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From the summit of Hellroaring Peak, a skier or snowboarder has their pick of a line through the wide open glades of snowghosts. After mitigating avalanche hazard, choose your fall line and descend through perfectly spaced glades until reaching the summer road that slices the face in half (Outpost Road). This is the end of the upper powder fields section and your have multiple choices in the continued descent from here.

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Land Manager: USFS - Flathead National Forest Office

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Hellroaring Peak.

Ascent and descent of Hellroaring Peak.

Hellroaring Peak

0.2 Miles 0.3 Kilometers Ski Line	0' 0 m Ascent -362' -110 m Descent
43% Avg Slope (23°) 58% Max Slope (30°)	6,693' 2,040 m High 6,331' 1,930 m Low

Hellroaring Peak Summit Snowfields

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-362' -110 m

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58%

6,693' 2,040 m

6,331' 1,930 m

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