Backcountry Skiing Loveland Pass, Colorado

Loveland Pass Backcountry Skiing Book and Map

Welcome to the epicenter of backcountry skiing and snowboarding on Colorado’s Front Range. With over two decades of experience, Rob Writz, author and founder of Front Range Ski Mountaineering (frontrangeskimo.com), has delivered a book that is accessible to every type of skier for one of the most iconic backcountry zones in Colorado. Along with the drop-in terrain at the top of the pass, this guidebook reveals opportunities to go beyond the hustle and bustle and explore.

From gentle light tours to gnarly couloirs, from hidden powder stashes to epic long days, this ski atlas brings it all to your hands. Designed to go along with you on your tours and accompany the Backcountry Skiing Loveland Pass Ski Map.

The book and map cover the following zones: Watrous Gulch, Herman Gulch North, Mount Bethel Saddle, Upper & Lower Dry Gulch, Mount Trelease, Mine Dumps, Loveland Pass Bowl, Summit, Widowmaker, Shadowland, Hippie Trees, No Name Peak, Lower No Name Bowl, Porcupine Gulch, West Corner, Dave’s Wave, Black Mountain, Marjorie Bowl, and Porcupine Peak.

Book Features

• 5.5” x 8.5” spiral-bound book

• 50 color pages

• High-quality aerial photos with ascent and descent indicators

• Highly-curated, professionally-reviewed zone and run descriptions

• Access and approach information with terrain and avalanche exposure tips 

• Slope angles, aspect, descent lengths

• Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) ratings

• Parking and trailhead information

• Simple and easy-to-read format

Map Features

• Waterproof

• Tearproof

• 18” x 22” open

• 4” x 5.5” folded

• 1:26,000 scale

• Parking and trailhead information

• Resort boundaries

• Ski descents and uptracks detailed

• Slope angles

• Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale ratings