Snowboarder Brad Gilbert takes us on a really nice tour at the Pass. Thanks Brad!

“I don’t know if it’s the oxygen deprivation from the altitude, the endorphins buzz from the hiking or the great tunes playing in my ears (today Truckin’ from Europe 72) but I rarely feel as simply joyous as I do when [...]

Thanks Everyone!
At this time we are completely booked for our upcoming on-snow sessions.
We have been getting a lot of questions about switching dates, confirmations, etc. At this time we cannot accommodate any date changes, and to help sort out any confusion a list of attendees is posted below:

Friends of Berthoud Pass and the Winter Wildlands Alliance present the best work from a variety of grassroots film makers. Come enjoy a selection of short and longer award-winning films featuring the best human-powered, deep-powder skiing on the planet. Proceeds to promote and preserve winter wildlands and a quality human-powered snowsports experience on public lands, [...]

A rare and dreaded black danger rose was issued today by our Friends at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center for the San Juan mountains. After more than 50 inches of snow in 50 hours, the CAIC warns that “human and natural avalanches are certain.”
We’re definitely of two minds here. We love the idea of enormous [...]

2010 On-Snow avalanche awareness classes will be held at Berthoud Pass February 6th and 7th. Trained facilitators will lead small groups into the backcountry to cover the basics of route finding, stability assessment, safe travel protocol and rescue scenarios.