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Corral Pass

A different zone to check out within the 410 corridor

Ski Touring Easy

Distance
16 km
Ascent
1.3 km
Descent
1.3 km
Duration
7-8 hrs
Low Point
884 m
High Point
1.9 km
Gradient
30˚
Corral Pass Map

Corral Pass is one of those ski tours that you come up with when finally bored of the Crystal Mountain Backcountry and want to try something different. Is it any better?? in my opinion no but it is nice to have options so I will write about my experience ski touring up in this rarely explored area.

Description

Leaving the Silver Springs Road you will soon find yourself at the base of the Corral Pass road. You want to be here pretty early in the Spring Season as by the time the road melts out so does the skiing. Parking at the bottom of the road keep ascending until you find an open alpine bowl on the lookers right side. While this area has pretty short runs it is more than enough to keep you busy for the day.

Making your way West up the main drainage and soon enough you will arrive on the ridge. Head north to get up to the high point before descending one of numerous chutes back down the skin track. When we were there it was late spring and these slopes were quite icy so we decided for the next run we would ride the semi open south facing slopes for a few hundred feet. While the slopes were nice once again the snow was terrible so we decided to cut our losses and do one final run down the main chutes before riding back down the road to the car. Was it nice to mix things up….yes. Would I do this trip again…..no

Click here for a trip within the area and much more photos https://www.whereiskylemiller.com/crystal-mountain/corral-pass/

Difficulty

Easy

Wide gentle slopes at around 20 degrees or less.

Low Exposure (E1)

1 out of 4

Exposure is limited to that of the slope itself. Getting hurt is still likely if the slope is steep and/or the snow is hard.

Remoteness

3 out of 4

Little chance of being seen or helped in case of an accident.

Best time to visit

between February and April

Features

  • Bowl
  • Ski Safari

Equipment required

  • Skins

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