Berthoud Pass trail maps

Shan · Last edited by Shan on Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:49 am; edited 1 time in total

*these historic maps do not represent current facilities, conditions or difficulty of ski runs at Berthoud Pass and are intended solely for relative overview. Ski safe and enjoy!

lemon boy · Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 2696

Somewhere around I have an actual map and if you can arrange a scan could get floral stuff too.
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Brent · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: Denver

OK, Lemon Boy sent me his trail map and I scanned it. Below are small images of each complete side of the trail map. Click on either image to download a 200 dpi scan suitable for printing (the original is roughly 9x16 inches, so you'd have to scale it down just a bit to print on legal size paper).

Below are links to blown-up, high resolution scans of the individual maps shown in the opening post, plus the Floral Park map. These will print at 10" wide, 200 dpi, for the older, visually challenged folks like me. Razz

Aerial View

Current Creek

Pumphouse Basin

West Side

Floral Park

Hell's Half Acre

NOTE: Each image is over 2MB each.

To see some high-resolution panorama photos I've shot of Pumphouse Basin, Current Creek, and Second Creek, go to this thread & scroll down about six posts.

washford · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 28

Anyone have an older map from the early 80's? If I remember it had a "future expansion" area in current creek where they thought they would/could put a lift. Of couse that never happen.

Arafel · Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 360 Location: Denver, CO

There's also a new book called Berthoud Pass skiing, or Backcountry Skiing Berthoud Pass, that's a great reference. Lots of photos, difficulty and avy ratings, tips for finding great tree runs etc. I got it at Neptune, and it's around $25

Carl Mega · Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 78 Location: Colorado

Wasn't there a guy who used to sell poster sized topo maps with the runs marked? I'd love to pick one of those up.

ripple220 · Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 82 Location: denver

The book is called Backcountry Skiing Berthoud Pass and is by Jordan Lipp. I too saw it at Neptune, paged through it, and found it to be super comprehensive and smartly written enough to spend nineteen bucks on it. It has topo maps of the entire area as well as info on skill levels, vertical, (approximated) snow stability, hucking potential, etc. An excellent resource for anyone new to the pass, and one that has definitely helped me find some new and exciting routes as well; the maps and photos are pretty awesome to have compiled into one book. If only my roommate's dog hadn't eaten the cover the day I brought it home...sigh....

lemon boy · Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 2696

Sweet! good job Brent!
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Shan · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks Brent, that's awesome!

Check out Doug Scott's http://www.AvalancheMapping.org for an always expanding list of very functional topo maps that identify standard, known avy paths.

His rendering of Berthoud Pass can be found here: http://avalanchemapping.org/IMAGES/Bpastopoweb.pdf

High quality prints of these maps can be purchased very inexpensively at Doug's website or through Friends of Berthoud Pass.

ACheateaux · Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 361 Location: Fort Fun, CO

Anyone have beta on the "7 mile" run that goes tot he first switchback?

Danno · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject:

J · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 1393 Location: Cdv-PWS

I'm there tomorrow with first flakes.

ACheateaux · Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 361 Location: Fort Fun, CO

Its crazy to see how big the whole scene has gotten there in the last 5 years. At least they're plowing the parking lot still. I remember powder days hitching the first and second switchbacks with 4-6 other people. Now its more like 20-30. At least thats what we saw when we drove in. Very fun, but sad in the same.

It was wayyyyy to much fun when the lifts where running...