Lost ski areaColoradoFront RangeRocky Mountains
Cameron Pass
A small ski area on the east side of Cameron Pass, Colorado, skied on foot from the 1930s and served by a rope tow from 1946 to about 1951.
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Cameron Pass carries Colorado Highway 14 over the mountains between Fort Collins and Walden in North Park, on the line between Larimer and Jackson counties. Skiing on the east side of the pass began in the 1930s, with skiers climbing on foot for their runs.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayParking lots at the summit and on both sides of the pass lead to trails used for hiking in summer and cross-country skiing in winter. (2026)2
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Lost near Cameron Pass
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1931 · 20.6 mi away · ColoradoA ski jumping and rope-tow hill on Shadow Mountain, across Grand Lake from the town, used from the early 1930s; accounts of when it ended differ.
- 1968–1971 · 23.1 mi away · ColoradoA small family-run ski area on Trail Mountain, west of Lake Granby between Granby and Grand Lake, open in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- Years not yet collected · 29.8 mi away · ColoradoA steep ski slope at a guest ranch west of Granby, offered to winter guests for a few seasons in the 1940s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Cameron Pass carries Colorado Highway 14 over the mountains between Fort Collins and Walden in North Park, on the line between Larimer and Jackson counties. Skiing on the east side of the pass began in the 1930s, with skiers climbing on foot for their runs. A 950-foot rope tow was added in 1946. It ran until about 1951, when the area closed. Colorado Ski History, the one record of the area found, names no operator and gives no elevations or trail names.1,2
TodayParking lots at the summit and on both sides of the pass lead to trails used for hiking in summer and cross-country skiing in winter. (2026)2
Sources for this history (2)
- 1Colorado Ski History · Cameron Pass Ski Area
- 2Wikipedia · Cameron Pass
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Cameron Pass, in their own words.
Facts
Location
40.5256° N · 105.8905° W · Colorado · Front Range
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
not yet collected
Closed for good; the year it closed is not yet collected. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
No figures from its operating years are collected yet.
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain