Snowmass Hanging Valley Wall

Kyle descends a steep and narrow chute in snowmass.

Snowmass hanging valley wall.

Ride alpine springs chair to get in position to ski the hanging valley wall. Whether you re on the hunt for untracked powder stashes steeps and drops or you re looking to liven up your family ski trip snowmass black. It is considered extreme terrain and shouldn t be attempted by anything less than a strong intermediate skier. Snowmass hanging valley wall runs sami byron hana kelly duration.

Snowmass mountain longshot trial groomed run duration. Snowmass 2011 carroll skiiing hanging valley wall duration. The quickest way to access the glades is by skiing about three fourths down the edge one of the last runs next to the high alpine lift and popping into the steep trees on the right. If not ski a lap or two in reidar s trees.

Peter mcgill 703 views. The hanging valley wall section of snowmass is a gated hike to area accessible via the high alpine lift. When the rope drops head out to the wall and drop down roberto s gully to strawberry patch wall 1 or wall 2. The terrain is steep and there are sections of steep glades and cliff areas too.

The two prominent areas for expert extreme skiing on this mountain are the hanging valley wall and the cirque. Roberto s to willy s via frog pond glades. Unfortunately the camera collapses during a fall but the different angle is still kind of cool. Snowmass ski area top to bottom run duration.

As you approach the top look left to see if the wall is open yet. On the map above the hanging valley. Since they re the highest glades on snowmass the hanging valley glades aew apt to get more snow than any other trees.