{"id":418778,"date":"2016-01-05T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=418778"},"modified":"2016-01-05T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T18:01:19","slug":"berthoud-pass-12-27-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/berthoud-pass-12-27-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Berthoud Pass 12.27.15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berthoud Pass will always hold a special place in my heart, since it&#8217;s where I started backcountry skiing, and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve been over that pass at least a thousand times, since I used to race at Winter Park.  Of course it&#8217;s a lot different now compared to the early 90&#8217;s when I started backcountry skiing there.  The lifts even started turning again in between, though they are all gone now.  Since I was staying in Golden for a few days after Christmas, I figured I should return to my old stomping grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Spargo and I dodged traffic and made it to the pass where we were able to get out of the cold and change in the warming house.  I have to admit, I do like the warming house feature.  With plenty of wind and new snow, we took it easy and did the three creek tour, keeping it mellow.  Here&#8217;s a few photos from the day:<\/p>\n<p>Postage Stamp in the background:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/berthoud-12-27-15\/6306.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Berthoud Pass backcountry skiing\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE! --><\/p>\n<p>Front Range:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/berthoud-12-27-15\/6350.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Berthoud Pass scenery\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keith getting deep:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/berthoud-12-27-15\/6321.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"backcountry powder at Berthoud Pass\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some big older slides in the area:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/berthoud-12-27-15\/6342.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Berthoud Pass Avalanches\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And one token shot of me, on the dark shaded north-facing terrain.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/berthoud-12-27-15\/6357.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Berthoud Pass backcountry skiing\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found a ride pretty quickly, being a busy part of a busy day.  It&#8217;s always an adventure- this particular driver was very excited about his friend&#8217;s RAZR that had been converted into a mini snowcat, more or less.  I&#8217;ve seen a few around the Crested Butte area- it would certainly be a nice way to commute for those living in Irwin.  It was good to be &#8220;home&#8221;, but it&#8217;s also always good to go home, to Crested Butte \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>We choose the BCA Float packs when we&#8217;re skiing the backcountry, just in case:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/product_ad_widget\/paw.php?pawid=112350&amp;pw=29053&amp;output=js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berthoud Pass will always hold a special place in my heart, since it&#8217;s where I started backcountry skiing, and I&#8217;m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":418780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-front-range"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418781,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418778\/revisions\/418781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}