Telluride - Revelation Bowl - Feb 2009

[ChrisC]

The Revelation Bowl is very important for these reasons:

1. Massive vertical. Telluride is now in the US top 5 with 4000+
2. SideCountry. Bear Creek is among the top 5 sidecountry areas in ski-dom. It's now a 0-15 minute walk.
3. Gold 1, 6-10. These chutes redefine sketchy.
4. Revelation Bowl. Bowl is great, but medium sized.



No one does steep grooming in the US better than Telluride. No one. I like Coonskin in the morning over town.

I can decide whether bumps or some of the steepest cruising is right...

This is now all a 10-15 minute walk. Not awesome? Very new by lift-access....Or you can continue to drool over an old lover like Alta/Bird....

I like Telluride since there are pockets that truly hide 3 day old powder. Here is mine. If I want to ski fluff without hiking I go ski here. Smaller - 400" vert. But is is here for me everyday when I want it. I can bring anyone from NY, SF, DC, etc and get them in powder within 1 hr anyday in Telluride. Not posible 90% places. And that is what people want - new snow.

Revelation Bowl
Lots iof terrain and almost 210 exposure. Very good.

And now some backcountry....

Back to Revelation Bowl

 

[ski-the-face]

revelation bowl reminds me of face of 3 at mammoth

 

[EMSC]

No one does steep grooming in the US better than Telluride. No one.

For the public possibly. You should try the birds of prey course at BC when it's groomed for the WC :mrgreen:

Looks like a decent bowl. T-ride is one of a handful I've yet to get to in Colo despite being here for 11 years now. It's just too long to get down there from the front range. (Yet I've driven right by it to get to Silverton when red mtn pass was closed). Someday soon....

 

[Tony Crocker]

That bowl is a major step in the right direction in answering Adam's "What are we doing down here with all that up there?" question of 2004. The added accessible terrain should move Telluride up a notch in most advanced skiers' pecking order. But not yet in the Squaw/Jackson/Snowbird/Whistler class IMHO.

How is Bear Creek being handled? Gates? Avy gear required? Similar setup to Rock Springs at Jackson?

No one does steep grooming in the US better than Telluride.

Plunge and Bushwacker (which were groomed alternating days in 2004) have perfect altitude/exposure, everything going for them, especially this time of year.