Mines Peak Approach

Name: Mines Peak Approach
Rating: 4.0

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Trail

0.5 mile 0.8 kilometer point to point
Ascent
Easy/Intermediate

Elevation

Ascent: 733' 223 m
Descent: 0' 0 m
High: 12,485' 3,806 m
Low: 11,753' 3,582 m

Grade

Avg Slope: 28% (16°)
Max Slope: 64% (33°)

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0.3 mi 0.4 km • -270 ft Descent • -82.32 m Descent

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0.2 mi 0.3 km • -297 ft Descent • -90.51 m Descent

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0.2 mi 0.3 km • -317 ft Descent • -96.73 m Descent

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6.5 Ski Run

1.4 mi 2.2 km • -1,520 ft Descent • -463.28 m Descent

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Meadow 2

0.2 mi 0.3 km • -212 ft Descent • -64.74 m Descent

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Meadow 3

0.2 mi 0.4 km • -293 ft Descent • -89.22 m Descent

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“A consistent, yet not too difficult approach to some great intermediate to expert skiing.”

— Eric Internicola

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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Description

Follow the bottom of "The Fingers" Approach and then continue straight up. This approach tends to get wind-scraped on the upper section (above the tree line), so you can't always skin your way up to the top. In the spring of the 2014/2015 season, we received large wet snow deposits that have provided great cover for this upper section so that you can skin all the way to the top and ski all the way back down. It's not difficult skiing, but it is a nice long line and worth the approach if there is good enough coverage.