Colorado Cross Country Ski Areas
Ashcroft Ski Touring Cross-Country Area
Aspen
Aspen/Snowmass Nordic Trail System
Aspen
Avalanche Ranch
Carbondale
Beaver Meadows Ranch Resort
Red Feathers Lake
Beaver Creek Nordic Sports Center
Vale
Boulder Nordic
Boulder
Bruces Trail
Steamboat Springs
C Lazy U Ranch
Granby
Catamount Ranch
Steamboat Springs
Crested Butte Nordic Area
Crested Butte
Devils Thumb Ranch
Tabernash
Durango Mountain Resort Nordic Center
Durango
Eldora Mountain Resort
Nederland
Frisco and Breckenridge Nordic
Breckenridge
High Meadows Ranch
Steamboat Springs
Howelson Hill Nordic Ski Center
Steamboat Springs
Keystone Nordic Center
Keystone
Latigo Ranch
Steamboat Springs
Leadville Nordic
Leadville
Mesa Verde Country Ski Trails
Cortez, Dolores and Manco areas
Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center
Estes Park
Spring Gulch Trail System
Carbondale
Steamboat Lake State Park
Steamboat Springs
Steamboat Ski Touring Center
Steamboat Springs
Sunlight Mountain Resort
Glenwood Springs
Telluride Nordic Center
Telluride
Tennesse Pass Nordic Center
San Isabel National Forest
Three Forks Ranch
Savery
Vista Verde Ranch
Steamboat Springs
Whistling Elk Guest Ranch
Rand
Featured Ski Trail
Deer Creek (Montezuma)
Deer Creek is an great trail for beginners or someone that wants to escape the crowds and ski in solitude and high altitude dry snow back country. A great trail for families that like to ski together, Deer Creek's chance of avalanche is low
Getting there: I-70 to US-6 east, turn onto Montezuma Road 7 miles past Montezuma, trail starts at road end
Trail Length: 4.6 miles roundtrip
Starting elevation: 10,550 ft
Elevation gain: 880 ft
Area: Arapaho National Forest
Backpacking Gear Sites
Eastern
Mountain Sports (EMS)
Sierra
Trading Post
Cabela's
Mountain
Equipment Co-op
REI
Altrec
Moosejaw
USOutdoorStore
Overton's
Gander Mountain
Patagonia
Paragon Sports
Orvis
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