Hoosier Pass?

[bamboocoreONLY]

Drove through the area taking 9 back from breck yesterday and never really took a good look at what I've been passing through but there look to be some pretty fun lines around the summit of Hoosier Pass, anyone skied the area and have more info? read a good chunk about it in "powder ghost towns" but just seeing if there's a bit more detailed info from a mag.

Thanks

[KillingCokes]

The main NE facing bowl on the east shoulder of North Star is called Tractor Bowl. There is a chute you see just before the big corner south of Blue Lakes rd, while driving to Breck. That's the Skull chute area. Good winter touring (read low angle) on the east side of the pass. There are steeper lines that could be car shuttled with a short hike to get to the top of on the south facing lines on the west side. These lines head down to the Roberts tunnel and the Montgomery Resevoir Trailhead

[cmsummit]

Yep, what Fritz said. Tractor Bowl has great, steep lines. It gets pretty wind-hammered during the winter, so it makes a better spring ski, IMO. If you're going to ski Tractor, definitely shuttle a car down to Monte Cristo Gulch (Blue Lakes Rd.) so that you can ski the fun lines back down to the Montgomery Tunnel diversion.

Conditions permitting you can also ski from the road that leads out to the west side of Hoosier back down to Montgomery Reservoir. Nothing crazy, but some pretty fun low-angle trees. Just line yourself up with the dam and have at it.

[danimal's dead]

I lived at the bottom of Hoosier Pass winter of 97-98, it's fun, mostly mellow like the other guys said, brought back a lot of memories of cruising around in the sunshine, which I never see here.

[bamboocoreONLY]

yeah it didn't look to extreme from what I could see (unless you want to skin miles and miles to one of the bigger peaks not too far off in the distance. but thanks for the info, hopefully gonna check it out here soon.

[KillingCokes]

The skiers left branch of the Y couloir in Tractor bowl is measured at 54 degrees, but its short at about 100' for that steep and 600 vert total fun and i wouldn't touch it till spring. There are also some steeper lines off the north side of Northstar down to Blue Lakes though its probably best to just climb and ski that one from the Blue lakes thd

[SILENCER]

Anyone ever ski the south facing chutes off Northstar? Was up there three weekends ago and saw them in the distance (was at the edge of Tractor Bowl). They look like fun springtime lines, nice and straight shots into the basin below.


Also, what the heck is that torn up building wreck right before you get to Tractor? What did that used to be? Always have been curious.

[KillingCokes]

I've skied the southern lines down to the Roberts tunnel exit into the Reservoir. You have to get it early in the spring otherwise the bottom melts out.

There was an old mine up there. Its almost to the Y Couloir drop in. It used to be open. I went in there and checked it out. I got about 100 feet in and shined my flashlight up. All the support timbers were broken. I got outta there so fucking fast. Scary