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The Old Roadcut

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  2. CO
  3. …Northwest Rockies
  4. Cameron Pass
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569' 174 m

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20%

Avg Slope (11°)

24%

Max Slope (13°)

11,258' 3,431 m

High

10,688' 3,258 m

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Shared By Chris Dickson

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“An easy way to lap the Montgomery Pass Trees.”

— Chris Dickson
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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

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Follow the drainage up into the basin until this old roadcut becomes obvious. If you set a good initial skintrack up this road, it makes endless laps of the trees really easy!

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Dropping in to some soft pow turns.
Dropping in to some soft pow turns.
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Pow turns on the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving!
Pow turns on the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving!
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Plenty of fun stumps to jump off of.
Plenty of fun stumps to jump off of.
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Consistently good early season pow.
Consistently good early season pow.
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Milking the Old Roadcut for an easy skintrack up to the Montgomery Pass Trees.
Milking the Old Roadcut for an easy skintrack u…
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Great early season pow turns.
Great early season pow turns.
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