Les meilleurs Itinéraires de ski de randonnée à Colorado

This is your exit out of the Numbers Area. It will eventually put you back on the piste runs. It is flat, and tight with a lot of trees. If you get lost, just simply follow the drainage downhill and out....

Tight, yet flat traverse that will take you into all of the Windows Terrain. Pay attention to the signage on the trees about where to drop into each line. Understanding this area takes time, and it can get very confusing....

This is the exit out of the Needle's Eye and the Doors. Please be aware of the creek below and along skier's left. Follow the creek until you can find the proper exit over it, and head back to the piste....

To access this run either take Scooper Glades which ends at the start of Mammoth Glades or ski down Scooper until you reach The Lizard Lodge. When you get to The Lizard Lodge ski around it to skier's left and head into the woods....

The route on the map shows the proper traverse to get back to Imperial Chair from Lake Chutes, this is one option if you decide to lap the Lake Chutes terrain....

This is a good backcountry touring option that is easily accessible from Vail, Minturn, or Avon. According to Mary Gilliand in The Vail Hiker, this mountain used to be a ski area so it offers a large amount of terrain that should suit most people....

Janet’s Cabin is an excellent ski hut near Copper Mountain Resort, with room for up to 20 guests. Its location at 11,600 feet, right at timberline in a broad basin, makes it suitable for all types of skiers and almost any snow conditions....

Keystone allows morning and evening uphill access on two designated routes. This is the one from the Mountain House base area. It begins less steeply than the River Run route, making it more suitable for anyone still learning their equipment....

This is one of Buttermilk’s designated uphill routes, marked with orange signs and open during normal operational hours. West Buttermilk is positioned farther away from the town of Aspen, so not as many locals come over here for uphill laps....

Soliloquy is a green run that tends to be light on traffic, due to its location mid-mountain and because it’s fairly wide with room to spread out. This also makes it good for skinning uphill, and it happens to be one of the routes designated for daytime uphill travel at Copper....

This is one of Copper’s designated daytime uphill routes. It begins from West Village and goes up Roundabout to West Ten Mile, both of which are beginner trails. This route could make a convenient uphill training lap from West Village, but it’s primarily intended for backcountry users to head toward [Janet’s Cabin](https://fatmap....

Beaver Creek offers a handful of designated routes for uphill access outside of operating hours. This one starts at Lower Beaver base area and stays on green trails. The gradient is mellow, but the 2....

Snowmass allows uphill from 5am to 10:30pm, including the operational hours of 9am-4:45pm. If you skin up this route while the lifts are turning, you’ll surely confuse a lot of passengers on the gondola overhead, as well as downhill passerby on the runs....

Echo Mountain is a tiny resort less than an hour’s drive from Denver. It’s loved as the long-time local hill, but doesn’t draw much attention from destination skiers––and that’s just the way it should be....

Echo Mountain is the tiny resort less than an hour’s drive from Denver. It’s loved as the long-time local hill, but doesn’t draw much attention from destination skiers––and that’s just the way it should be....

At Loveland, you can earn your turns on a huge number of runs by skinning uphill before or after hours. The resort has only one approved uphill route, but it goes all the way to the top of Ptarmigan lift, where you can have your pick of trails back down....

Even though Telluride is well-known for backcountry skiing, the resort is not very accommodating to uphill users. Telluride Ski Resort only allows uphill access in the zone beneath Sunshine 10 lift, which is mostly green terrain that snakes among vacation homes....

Telluride Resort is not particularly generous with their [uphill policy](https://tellurideskiresort.com/safety/), but they do allow all-day access in one zone of the resort. This is the area beneath Sunshine 10 lift in Mountain Village....

This is far from the only easy uphill route at Winter Park, but it makes a great intro to skinning at this huge resort. This route could be your go-to for your first time here, or for testing out new gear....