Wolf Creek, CO 3/14 - 3/16

[appskiah]

First time to Wolf Creek, second time skiing out West. What a great mountain - wide open terrain with endless tree lines. You can ski anywhere you want, the mountain is so wide, but you can sample all the good terrain in a few days. The snow was packed powder and spring-like on the lower mountain. Three day old and windloaded powder was available on the top ridges and bowls. The bowl skiing was short with a high treeline, but fun. Horseshoe Bowl is great - its so remote, as if you didn't think you already had the mountain to yourself. Locals say you can get powder a week after a storm, which makes sense since most of the few visitors are church groups from Texas.

a few photos

 

[Killclimbz]

Wolf Creek is one of those great places that stays just slightly off the radar. Great ski area and the backcountry is just as sweet. Glad you had a good time.

 

[Tony Crocker]

Wolf Creek is off the radar because it's fairly small and it's 4 hours drive from anywhere. But for most FTO readers it would be well worth the trip.