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The Old Roadcut

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  2. CO
  3. …Northwest Rockies
  4. Cameron Pass
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0.5 Miles 0.9 Kilometers


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Elevation

569' 174 m

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20%

Avg Slope (11°)

24%

Max Slope (13°)

11,258' 3,431 m

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10,688' 3,258 m

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Avalanche risk for Apr 19, 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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“An easy way to lap the Montgomery Pass Trees.”

— Chris Dickson
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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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