93 Out Of 100 From 5 Members

Berthoud Pass GHOST SKI HILL Historic/Ghost Area Resort (Are you this resort?)

Berthoud Pass, where skiing began in Colorado. 11,307’ base elevation. 2 chair lifts and a shuttle bus. Open from 1935 to 2001.

Rating this ski hill as a “Ghost/Historic” mountain requires you to consider it while it was open and operational.

If you’ve been there since it closed, rate it under “Backcounty Areas”.

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U.S. Highway 40
Empire City/Berthoud Falls, CO 80482
USA
 
  • Poor-outstanding-long
  • Was this ski hill easy to get to? 4.8 Slider
  • Was there parking near the tows or lifts? 5.0 Slider
  • The base lodge and/or warming huts 4.8 Slider
  • Availability of seating to lace-up your ski shoes 4.8 Slider
  • Public wax room 5.0 Slider
  • Wax room provided free pine tar, Quickski, wax and irons 5.0 Slider
  • Trail names, maps and signs were unique and original 4.8 Slider
  • Trails were narrow and exciting 4.6 Slider
  • Quality of the snow or ice 5.0 Slider
  • Rocks, stumps, grass patches and other obstacles 4.8 Slider
  • Ski packing, boot packing or machine grooming of trails 4.2 Slider
  • Was this ski hill kid friendly? 4.0 Slider
  • How easy was it to cut the lift & tow lines? 4.8 Slider
  • Quality of rope tows, T-Bars, J-Bars & other lifts 4.2 Slider
  • Rate this ski hill's school, patrol, tow and lift ops 4.8 Slider
  • Were the Owners and family of this ski hill friendly? 4.6 Slider
  • Did you get your money's worth? 5.0 Slider
  • Overall fondness for this Ghost Historic ski hill 4.8 Slider
  • Chances of having the best ski time of your life? 4.8 Slider
  • Should they re-open this hill again? 60% Slider

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NyAxter
10/06/2009 07:10PM

Hey man I want to rate Berthoud Pass! It’s the best skia area anywhere!

msumarmot
02/18/2010 09:02PM

Back in the day when I lived in Summit County for 1 winter I heard of this magical place known as Berthoud Pass. People would rave about this place as if it were the promised land. Unfortunately I didn’t take advantage of it while it was around.

powderbluebird
03/10/2010 01:03AM

I had the luck of living in Winter Park during the area’s last revival – I think it was from 1998-2002 or so. What an amazing ride! The terrain was (is) very challenging, and because the ski area encompassed land on both sides of Berthoud Pass there were always great conditions somewhere on the mountain – usually all over. The staff was fantastic, the funky lodge was fun, the food was good, and the other skiers and riders were usually super cool (who couldn’t have a huge smile on their face at Berthoud?)! My favorite run was Skull Bite. People still ski here all the time – sometimes more folks then when it was open. I went in January 2010 and it is still epic. This area will never die.

fearless
03/15/2010 05:03PM

Berthod Pass was a day off for some of my friends,at least once a week, for many years, freddy’s launch pad

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