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Perfect Trees / Tea Cup Bowl
Berthoud Pass
Tree skiing in a small bowl
Ski Touring Difficult
- Distance
- 1 km
- Ascent
- 1 m
- Descent
- 271 m
- Duration
- 0-1 hrs
- Low Point
- 3.3 km
- High Point
- 3.6 km
- Gradient
- 27˚

As the name suggests, Perfect Trees has a some excellently spaced trees for glade skiing. Because Perfect Trees has a southern aspect, it is often best to ski it with new snow (as long as the avalanche conditions allow). Towards the bottom of perfect trees you will find a small bowl; Teacup Bowl. Be very aware that avalanche conditions in Tea Cup Bowl are often far more dangerous than the rest of Perfect Trees. Tea Cup Bowl is a small bowl with a variety of small cliffs in it (5'-15').
Difficulty
Difficult
Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
Best time to visit
Features
- Trees
- Cliffs