Bennett Pass Loop (Nordic)

Activity Notes

Distance  8-10 miles with 1,500 to 2,000 feet of climbing.

For those tired skiing the out-and-back on Bennett pass, this is a challenging variant which turns it into a loop tour. We start out with an exciting and often difficult drop down to Pocket Creek on the  Pocket Creek Tie trail. After surviving that we have a couple miles of pleasant road touring on a flat road at the base of Bennett ridge. Eventually though we run out of room and take the totally inappropriately named “Fat Lady Trail” up 1,000 feet of climbing until we hit Bennett ridge trail . Then it gets exciting as we cross the famed “Terrible Traverse”, S-curves, slog uphill and finally  a gentle  downhill finish to the sno-park.   

This tour has a mix of road and trail skiing. Good fitness is required and  intermediate level turning for trail sections  and S-curves. Please do not sign up for this tour if you do not meet these requirements.