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Wolf creek ski10/2/2023 ![]() Location: San Juan/Rio Grande National Forest Highway 160, Wolf Creek Pass Between Pagosa Springs and South Fork 75 miles east of Durango 65 miles west of Alamosa. ![]() Lifts: 10 Total (3 High-Speed Quads, 1 Quad, 2 Triple, 1 Double, 1 High-Speed Poma, 1 Conveyor & 1 Magic Carpet)ģ Nordic Trails: 10 kilometers Facilities Getaway along the Silver Thread Scenic Byway and the Rio Grande! Fish, hike, hunt, bike, golf, wildlife, Jeep, ATV, and ski. South Fork your outdoor adventure center at the base of the San Juan Mountains. South Fork Visitor Center - Gateway to the Silver Thread Scenic Byway Predominantly tree skiing and boarding, these 1,000 acres have a few groomed trails for intermediates' interests and enjoyment. This unique area is beautiful and adventuresome full of incredible glades and changing terrain. The Alberta Chairlift replaces the snowcat shuttle that served the Water Fall Area. Boyce lift is a high speed poma that services intermediate and expert terrain. The Treasure Stoke Quad and Bonanza Triple Chairlift services intermediate and expert slopes. The Raven Chairlift, a high speed quad, services primarily beginner and intermediate terrain. ![]() The Nova Lift services beginner terrain for children and new skiers. The Magic Carpet is a moving conveyor lift for the Wolf Pup Program. Wolf Creek's 9 lifts service incredibly beautiful terrain, over 1,600 acres. If you get tired or cold, stop for a while. Clothing need not be elaborate, or even designed for skiing, but a wool hat, warm gloves or mittens, and underclothing are musts. The weather conditions can change rapidly so be prepared with extra clothing and goggles. Sunscreen and sunglasses are a necessity in the high altitude sun. Too much work to get out of runs, and if you don't hike the ridge it wouldn't be worth it IMHO.Wolf Creek Resort is a high alpine ski resort, 10,300 feet at the base and 11,900 feet at the summit. Cat tracks should now go uphill, and several here do. Great snow, some great terrain, but overall lacking in a consistent vert and steep pitch to keep you smiling from top to bottom, the smile fades the further down the hill you go (unless you drop into the Waterfall area, but then it fades quickly as you hike/skate out of a hole). The Waterfall area is below the rim and has some great features but again, you will be skating or hiking out. The glades below the rim can be fun if you keep your speed up, but considering they get the killer POW often you really have to work it, and there is no getting around the 'flat-tracks' to get you back to the lift. Not such a big deal for skiers but boarders are constantly skating to make it back to the lift. Skiers and riders should work their way up, beginning with the easiest trails regardless of their ability level, until they are familiar with the trails at. This is a relative system that is valid only at Wolf Creek Ski Area. But after the first 600-800 vertical feet, it becomes quite shallow in pitch and there are tons of holes or "flat-tracks". The trail designations at Wolf Creek Ski Area are not necessarily the same as a similarly rated trail at another area. The top of the entire mountain is a great playground with easy hikes to sick terrain, anything from steep glades to fun cornices to gnarly cliff hucks. Rode Wolfy (Wolf Creek Ski Area) w/ 24"+ and the snow was gorgeous: light, deep, and fun.
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