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WSC Backcountry Ski Guide

Attention Backcountry Users:

The information found in this section based on this authors’ experiences in the backcountry surrounding Crested Butte and Monarch. Routes found in this guide can be significantly altered by the power of wind, rain or avalanches. Do not rely solely on the information in this guide. The purpose of this guide is to suggest routes, not to provide instruction for the user. There is no substitute for knowledge and experience to help ensure safety in the backcountry. Check local forecasts as well as avalanche reports before heading out into the backcountry.

=Locations= If you know of other places to backcountry ski in the area, please add on to our site!

Monarch

• Snow Stake Bowl
• Old Monarch Pass Bowl
• Twin Humps
• Gracie's
• Power Lines
• Perfect Trees
• Mt. Aetna

Crested Butte

• Coney's Ridge
• Red Lady Bowl
• Lake Irwin
• Snodgrass

Photo Gallery

Click a picture to see some of our backcountry adventures so far this year!

=Links= Need some backcountry information or gear? Look here.

• Alpineer
• Back Country Access
• Telemarkski
• Telemark Equipment

=Avalanche Information= How about an avi report? Check here..

• Crested Butte Avalanche Center
• Avalanche Center
• Colorado Avalanche Information Center
• AIARE
• American Avalanche Institute

Contributors

• Project Oversight
• Monarch Data Manager
• Imaging Editor and Data Collection
• Crested Butte Data Manager
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