12/17/2023 0 Comments Wolf creek ski area map![]() ![]() You have to head towards Navajo Trail but keep an eye out for the trail sign for Glory Hole and the sign that says "To Summer Day." Then turn left to get to the upper section of Summer Day. Parts of Summer Day are quite flat, but there are no beginners to dodge as is the case on the greens off Raven. Last season Sumiko used a blue trail called Summer Day as a good area to practice skiing backwards and 360s. They are indoors but have waterless toilets. Can use the snow level entrance to get to restrooms. It can be a way to get over to the Treasure lift without having to walk up a short hill.Īt the top of Raven there is a building called Raven's Nest. Nova is a very short, slow double chair that serves two short greens used mostly for children's lessons. There is a lot of fun blue and black terrain off Bonanza, including Windjammer and Treasure that cross. Bonanza is an old triple that probably rarely has much of a line. Treasure Stoke serves mostly blue/black terrain on the front side. Raven and Treasure are the high-speed quads. There is a bench and pay lockers inside the restroom. We opted to boot up in the main restroom on the lower floor of the main lodge. There are shuttle buses for the lower lots. On weekends it pays to arrive at least 30 minutes before lifts spin if you want prime parking. This was the crowd on a Saturday during early season RFID gates for the Alberta lift, little building has two restrooms with waterless toilets.Īlberta Grill is open 11:00-3:00 for lunch, snacks, and beer There was probably a learning curve during the holiday weeks as people got used to gate scanning. It's possible for someone who has a pass or already has a lift ticket to park in a lower lot and start skiing without stopping by the main base. There are gates on all the lifts, not just the ones at the main base. The new feature for WCSA for 2022-23 is that RFID gates were installed for lift access. The drive time was about the same as from Pagosa Springs but there was less mountain driving and no worries about snow at the pass.įor an idea of how things went last year: This time we chose to get a house on the east side of Wolf Creek Pass between South Fork and Del Norte (pronounced “nort” by locals). There is relatively little lodging near WCSA and nothing less than a 15-min drive up a mountain road that is often snow covered. There are essentially 6 chairlifts, with 2 high-speed quads out of the main base. Per usual for Colorado, the altitude is high with the base around 10,000 ft. ![]() WCSA gets more snow than most Colorado mountains (on average almost as much as Alta). We planned for semi-private lessons early in the week and they were powder lessons.įor those who have never heard of WCSA, it has 1600 acres (half the size of Northstar or Keystone) spread out along a ridge that has several places for short in-bounds hikes. Daytime temps stayed under 20 degrees so the snow conditions stayed good all week even after the sun came out. 12 so there were powder turns to be had all week. Mid-mountain depth was around 40 inches to start with. 11 was the first day that WCSA was 100% open, but there was a LOT more snow than in 2021. 11-17, 2022 although not everyone was around for the entire time. Unlike mid-season trips, most people drove instead of dealing with airports. Chornoguz and were the Divas who joined me, along with other skiers I know from connections unrelated to ski forums. It was fun to introduce WCSA to a few new people, including an older intermediate starting to ski more out west now that he’s retired. We opted to stay in a big house on the east side of Wolf Creek Pass. The crew was a bigger and ranged from 4 to 8 people. My early season trip to Wolf Creek Ski Area was even more fun than last year. ![]()
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