Telluride off-piste & powder guide

Steep chutes, couloirs and European-style faces dropping around a thousand vertical feet. You can walk anywhere from five to forty-five minutes along the ridge before dropping in, so it scales to how much you want to work.

Inside the ski area boundary and actively avalanche controlled by patrol. Controlled does not mean safe: the resorts themselves are clear that control work reduces the risk without eliminating it.

Lift access

Lift 12 (Prospect)

Walk in

45 min — A hike out along Prospect Ridge of anywhere between five and forty-five minutes, depending how far along you go.

Getting back

Descends back into the Prospect Bowl lift network.

Known hazards

• ⚠Steep chutes and couloirs
• ⚠Committing European-style faces

Nearly 2,000 vertical feet on the north face of 13,320ft Palmyra Peak, and some of the most spectacular inbounds terrain in the country. The walk is an hour to ninety minutes beyond Black Iron Bowl.

Inside the ski area boundary and actively avalanche controlled by patrol. Controlled does not mean safe: the resorts themselves are clear that control work reduces the risk without eliminating it.

Lift access

Lift 12 (Prospect)

Walk in

90 min — One to one and a half hours of hiking past Black Iron Bowl to the summit.

Getting back

Runs drain into Upper Moraine and Lower Palmyra Ridge, leading back into Black Iron Bowl.

Known hazards

• ⚠A long approach at high altitude
• ⚠Nearly 2,000 vertical feet of exposed north face

The steepest and most challenging terrain on the mountain, reached in fifteen to thirty minutes from the Revelation lift or along the Gold Hill access road.

Inside the ski area boundary and actively avalanche controlled by patrol. Controlled does not mean safe: the resorts themselves are clear that control work reduces the risk without eliminating it.

Lift access

Revelation Lift (15)

Walk in

30 min — Fifteen to thirty minutes on foot from the Revelation lift or the Gold Hill access road.

Getting back

Varies by chute; several drain to the base of Prospect Bowl or the Gold Hill lifts.

Known hazards

• ⚠Cliff bands
• ⚠The steepest terrain on the mountain

A twenty to twenty-five minute hike through the Upper Galloping Goose gate. Watch the clock: the gate shuts at 2pm.

Inside the ski area boundary and actively avalanche controlled by patrol. Controlled does not mean safe: the resorts themselves are clear that control work reduces the risk without eliminating it.

Lift access

Lift 12 (Prospect)

Walk in

25 min — A hike of twenty to twenty-five minutes from the access gate.

Getting back

Finishes on the Jackpot and Audrey runs.

Known hazards

• ⚠A hard 2pm gate closure
• ⚠Committing terrain once past the gate