Corner Pocket

Berthoud Pass Colorado Corner Pocket

This big open face drops down to Second Creek from where you could enter The Postage Stamp. This face fills in with a lot of wind snow. The pitch is in the upper 30s and dumps you into the lower parts of the Second Creek Drainage. The average slope is around 27 degrees with a maximum of about 34 degrees.

Maps

*All Mapped Areas are Approximations

 

Trailheads

Current Creek

Second Creek

Avalanche Reports

04/04/2020 - (Corner Pocket)

01/09/2019 - (2nd Creek Headwall)

12/15/2017 - (2nd Creek Headwall)

02/03/2013 - (Corner Pocket)

01/01/2012 - (Second Creek Headwall)

Images

Corner Pocket

Corner Pocket from the 110s Ridge

Corner Pocket Berthoud Pass

Corner Pocket

Websites

Front Range Ski Mountaineering

Guide Books

Making Turns in Colorado's Front Range Vol. 2 by Fritz Sperry

Backcountry Skiing: Berthoud Pass, Colorado by Rob Writz

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Videos

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Corner Pocket by APMproduction: 12/09/2010

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*All Mapped Areas are Approximations

tagged: Berthoud Pass, Front Range, Grand County, Second Creek
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