North Shoulder

A common ascent route up Independence Mountain and also a skiable bowl. Please be respectful and don't make downhill turns on the skin track. Remember that this is also a North facing slide path so you wouldn't want to be here at all during times of avalanche danger.

Maps

*All Mapped Areas are Approximations

 

Trailheads

Independence Townsite *(Summer Only)

Independence Pass is closed in the Winter

Guide Books

Dawson's Guide to Colorado Backcountry Skiing, Volume 1 by Louis W. Dawson

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