Snowmass Hanging Valley Wall

The hanging valley glades are just out of sight on the backside of the hanging valley wall.

Snowmass hanging valley wall.

The photo seen directly below was taken from the elk camp lift. Peter mcgill 703 views. Snowmass hanging valley wall runs sami byron hana kelly duration. The two prominent areas for expert extreme skiing on this mountain are the hanging valley wall and the cirque.

Snowmass 2011 carroll skiiing hanging valley wall duration. The terrain is steep and there are sections of steep glades and cliff areas too. Big sky montana top of the lone peak duration. Unfortunately the camera collapses during a fall but the different angle is still kind of cool.

This shows the hanging valley wall prominently in the foreground. It is considered extreme terrain and shouldn t be attempted by anything less than a strong intermediate skier. The ropes that shut off hanging valley from the rest of the world dropped in 1984 along with the hearts of many a patroller. Moreover a large portion of the high alpine terrain is designated as extreme.

When the rope drops head out to the wall and drop down roberto s gully to strawberry patch wall 1 or wall 2. Snowmass hanging valley headwall area and the cirque s burn cliffs have served as big mountain competition venues and are considered the most difficult runs of all four aspen snowmass resorts. Known in its early years as a cruiser s mountain snowmass reputation changed when ski patrollers gave up their sacred access to the valley. Kyle descends a steep and narrow chute in snowmass.

On this page you can find photos and descriptions of the most difficult terrain and ski trails at snowmass. As you approach the top look left to see if the wall is open yet. If not ski a lap or two in reidar s trees.