86 Out Of 100 Single Score

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 Slider
  • Was there parking near the tows or lifts? 5 Slider
  • The base lodge and/or warming huts 4 Slider
  • Availability of seating to lace-up your ski shoes 4 Slider
  • Public wax room NA Slider
  • Wax room provided free pine tar, Quickski, wax and irons NA Slider
  • Trail names, maps and signs were unique and original 5 Slider
  • Trails were narrow and exciting 4 Slider
  • Quality of the snow or ice 5 Slider
  • Rocks, stumps, grass patches and other obstacles 5 Slider
  • Ski packing, boot packing or machine grooming of trails 3 Slider
  • Was this ski hill kid friendly? 3 Slider
  • How easy was it to cut the lift & tow lines? 5 Slider
  • Quality of rope tows, T-Bars, J-Bars & other lifts 4 Slider
  • Rate this ski hill's school, patrol, tow and lift ops 5 Slider
  • Were the Owners and family of this ski hill friendly? 5 Slider
  • Did you get your money's worth? 5 Slider
  • Overall fondness for this Ghost Historic ski hill 5 Slider
  • Chances of having the best ski time of your life? 5 Slider
  • Should they re-open this hill again? 0 % Slider

General Comments/Likes

I said “no” they shouldn’t open Berthoud Pass Ski Area again because they don’t need to. This place is packed with skiers all the time anyway. A snowcat would be nice, though. This is one of my favorite all-time ski areas.

Dislikes

Nothing. I rated it low on kids, grooming, stuff like that. Who cares? You don’t need those things to make a sick ski area!

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