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Royal Gorge perimeter - route details
Building on Bob and Mark's earlier posts, below is the route I took for my
Royal Gorge Perimeter tour -- as best as I can remember. I'm just a short-time visitor: hopefully the local experts will supply corrections to my route. Which way around? I was glad I did the tough climbs of Devil's Peak first while I was still fresh. So I would do it counter-clockwise again next time, and that's how Mark described it. ______________ Abbreviations: HC = At least as tough a hill (steep and/or long, up or down) as I've ever encounted on any other groomed-track cross country ski center. Probably tougher. flat = flat with possible headwind (no hill notation) = hilly ______________ Route: Start: Summit Station (main lodge and parking) Mirkwood Mirkwood Outlook Rooster Comb / Mirkwood (Food: Wilderness Cafe) R2D2 (? Bon Appetite ?) Kidd Lake Satellite Wagon Train The Wall / Horseshoe (HC) Devil's Peak spur, up and back (HC) Horseshoe / The Wall (HC) Klondike Lil's Wagon Train Wiesel (official route goes directly to Stage Coach) Deborah's Delight Kidd Lake Food: Wilderness Cafe Deer Lake (gentle) Stage Coach Snow Mountain East Ridge / Bear Pass Point Mariah (out and back) Drink: I melted snow at the Whitney / Point Mariah warming shelter Whitney Bowl Sterling's Canyon (later section is HC) Lola's Lookout (HC) Razorback Crow Nest Bogus Basin Nosedive / the Ledge / Ana's Chute (HC) Sugar Bowl Interconnect (to under the ski lifts) (? or skip visiting the Sugar Bowl Lodge ?) Food: Sugar Bowl Lodge + Alpine Ski Resort Sugar Bowl Interconnect Little Disney International (starts down hill, then flat) (? perhaps I drifted onto Fleet Street ?) Sleeping Beauty (flat) Salter's Lane (flat) (Van Norden parking) Sleeping Beauty (flat-to-gentle) Telegraph (not sure this was groomed?) Summit Connection (stop partway to take skis off to cross road) I also skied Thor's and Swan Dive (HC), (? but probably this is overdoing it ?) Finish: Summit Station (main lodge and parking) ____________________ Warning -- Some of the hills on this tour are very very steep going down. Some require expert downhill skiing skills even in good snow conditions. It wouldn't surprise if they could get dangerous in bad conditions or for someone with anything less than expert skills and judgment. Ken |
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