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Hike-to-Terrain

Hike-to-Terrain

James Peak:

James Peak is the highest peak at Powder Mountain, towering a whopping 9,422', and offers some of the steepest and gnarliest black and double-black diamond terrain. With only 20-30 minutes of effort you will be rewarded with epic views and incredible turns. A touring setup is not required to access this terrain but can make the uphill portion go faster. Just take your skis or snowboard off and get to hiking on the designated boot-pack track.

If it's storming all week long, James Peak will often be closed due to avalanche danger. When ski patrol feels it is safe to complete mitigation, James Peak will be opened that day with untouched powder.

How to Get There:

Ride up the Lightning Ridge Lift and exit right to ride down to the base of the boot-pack or skin track. Lift ticket or season pass is required to access this terrain.

Baldy:

The hike up Baldy takes roughly 10 minutes and is almost solely boot packed due to it being so short. The black diamond runs off Baldy add to the length of your Powder Country run. The first sunny day after a storm you can find fresh tracks here! Once you make it to the road take off your gear and hop on the Powder Country/Woody's World Bus.

How to Get There:

Ride up the Sundown Lift and exit left from the lift. Take Powder Country gate 1 straight down and hold your speed going up Baldy. Lift ticket or season pass is required to access this terrain.

Lefty's Canyon

Lefty's Canyon has been a chill ski n' skin area at Powder Mountain for a decade, and this will not change even though Village Lift is for residents only. A touring setup is required, as snow can get deep in here. Each lap takes approximately 10 - 15 minutes uphill, and you will be rewarded with fun and flowy low-angle runs.

How to Get There:

Once you ski down to the bottom of the Village lift, there will be a designated and marked uptrack that will lead you to the ridge line shared by Lefty's Canyon and Woody's World. You can either ski Lefty's runs repeatedly, or drop down into Woody's through the marked gate entry. Or after your last lap you can skin our on Ojeebus.

Mary's

Mary's is full of aspen glades and low-angle runs, and guests will still be able to ski n' skin the area even though Mary's Lift is for residents only.

How to Get There:

From the top of Sunrise Lift, you will hike up to the top of Mary's in less than 10 minutes. Once you drop into Mary's the designated uptrack is on Wonderland. To leave the area, take Eden to Paradise or Mushroom Valley back to Hidden Lake.

Raintree

How to Get There:

From the top of Mary's follow the ridge of Cobabe Canyon and drop down on any of the runs, and you will be funneled down to Paradise if you stay on the Cobabe Canyon cat track. There will be a designated uptrack if you wish to repeat any of the runs in Raintree or Cobabe Canyon.