Snowmass Hanging Valley Wall

This shows the hanging valley wall prominently in the foreground.

Snowmass hanging valley wall.

If not ski a lap or two in reidar s trees. The two prominent areas for expert extreme skiing on this mountain are the hanging valley wall and the cirque. Ride alpine springs chair to get in position to ski the hanging valley wall. Snowmass 2011 carroll skiiing hanging valley wall duration.

Peter mcgill 703 views. Kyle descends a steep and narrow chute in snowmass. Snowmass ski area top to bottom run duration. Known in its early years as a cruiser s mountain snowmass reputation changed when ski patrollers gave up their sacred access to the valley.

The hanging valley glades are just out of sight on the backside of the hanging valley wall. As you approach the top look left to see if the wall is open yet. Snowmass hanging valley headwall area and the cirque s burn cliffs have served as big mountain competition venues and are considered the most difficult runs of all four aspen snowmass resorts. Big sky montana top of the lone peak duration.

Unfortunately the camera collapses during a fall but the different angle is still kind of cool. The terrain is steep and there are sections of steep glades and cliff areas too. The ropes that shut off hanging valley from the rest of the world dropped in 1984 along with the hearts of many a patroller. The photo seen directly below was taken from the elk camp lift.

Moreover a large portion of the high alpine terrain is designated as extreme. The hanging valley wall section of snowmass is a gated hike to area accessible via the high alpine lift. On this page you can find photos and descriptions of the most difficult terrain and ski trails at snowmass.