The Old Roadcut

Name: The Old Roadcut
Rating: 4.0

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Trail

0.5 mile 0.9 kilometer point to point
Ascent
Easy

Elevation

Ascent: 569' 174 m
Descent: 0' 0 m
High: 11,258' 3,431 m
Low: 10,688' 3,258 m

Grade

Avg Slope: 20% (11°)
Max Slope: 24% (13°)

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Trail shared by Chris Dickson

Avalanche risk for May 20, 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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“An easy way to lap the Montgomery Pass Trees.”

— Chris Dickson

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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Description

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!