Name: Baldy Ascent
Rating: 4.1

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An easy skin up to the ridge line of Bald Mountain with many good lines that begin off this ascent.

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Britton Thomas

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Trail Ratings

4.1 from 19 votes

#1

in Breckenridge

#12

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4.1 from 19 votes

5 Star		37%
4 Star		37%
3 Star		21%
2 Star		5%
1 Star		0%

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#1

in Breckenridge

#7

in Colorado

#12

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Top of skin track looking at towards Breckenridge.

Jan 21, 2019 near Brecken…, CO

Jan 21, 2019 near Brecken…, CO

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Feb 12, 2023

Joe T

2.3mi — 1h 30m

Jan 16, 2023

Myles Ridenour

Apr 9, 2022

Hayden Peck

We were able to skim the whole way up- thin snow overage at the top and a breakable crust skiing down. Great spring workout! 3.8mi — 1h 45m

Mar 8, 2022

Caitlin Duffy

Feb 4, 2022

Sean Milich

Dec 29, 2021

John Obermeier

Apr 22, 2021

Paul Kaltenthaler

Mar 26, 2021

Ariel Blumencwejg

Beautiful skin up. Nice snow conditions. 2.3mi — 3h 00m

Jan 2, 2021

Chris Furlong

Dec 28, 2020

Ryan OBrien

Windy at the top

Dec 25, 2020

Heath Michael

2mi — 3h 00m

Dec 25, 2020

Julian Thomas

2mi — 3h 00m

Dec 24, 2020

Julian Thomas

Dec 20, 2020

Daniel Sung

Dec 19, 2020

Daniel Sung

Dec 13, 2020

Daniel Sung

3.2mi

Nov 28, 2020

John Hoffman

Nov 27, 2020

Erin Hogan

2.8mi — 1h 30m

Nov 25, 2020

Erin Hogan

2.8mi — 2h 00m

Nov 11, 2020

Erin Hogan

2.8mi — 1h 30m

Apr 10, 2020

Steve Yablong

Mar 29, 2020

Collin G

1.7mi

Nov 22, 2019

Dustin Clelen

Apr 6, 2019

Valerie L

Mar 24, 2019

Shane Trojanowski

3mi

Feb 17, 2019

Gillian LaMar

Jan 26, 2019

Todd Snyder

Jan 20, 2019

Lane Mellor

Well-tracked but plenty of open area 2.5mi — 1h 30m

Jan 6, 2019

Christopher Schandera

Dec 29, 2018

jacob blackmer

Super fun with josh

Dec 27, 2018

Deuce Haggard Valonqar

Dec 16, 2018

Dustin Hooten

3 laps in the open trees 6mi

Mar 19, 2018

KStorms

Jan 2, 2018

Oliver Eckert

Nearby Ski Lines

Branching off the hut to ridge skin track, on our way to Pickaxe.

Strike

0.4 mi 0.6 km • -448 ft Descent • -136.48 m Descent

Brecken…, CO

Crosscut

0.3 mi 0.5 km • -443 ft Descent • -135.04 m Descent

Brecken…, CO

The remaining snow on July 4th, 2022. The "wiggle" is off to the left.

Fourth of July Bowl

0.5 mi 0.8 km • -955 ft Descent • -291.19 m Descent

Brecken…, CO

Hitting the upper bowel on the NE side of Quandary

Quandary Peak: NE Bowls

3.7 mi 6.0 km • -3,346 ft Descent • -1019.98 m Descent

Brecken…, CO

A view of the whole line from the bottom.

North Star Peak

1.3 mi 2.1 km • -1,291 ft Descent • -393.62 m Descent

Brecken…, CO

Gold Hill

0.3 mi 0.5 km • -287 ft Descent • -87.37 m Descent

Brecken…, CO

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Baldy Ascent

“An easy skin up to the ridge line of Bald Mountain. ”

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12,415' 3,784 m

10,637' 3,242 m

1,778' 542 m

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Strike

Crosscut

Fourth of July Bowl

Quandary Peak: NE Bowls

North Star Peak

Gold Hill

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