Berthoud pass has some sick backcountry. Drive up to the top, park your car, hike up a bit and ski down. There are always people that are willing to give you a ride back up. Just ski down to the road.
ya berthoud is ok its not fantastic but on some days its epic dont get me wrong well vail pass is sick loveland pass is good but u have to hike a long way to get away from people (sometimes) or some of the terrain off breck like peak 6 so just kidna follwo around vail has the best lift served backcounty such as mushroom
to ski the bowls u have to all the trees on the road get skied out way fast when u drive up loveland pass look to the right middle bowl ski that to the lookers right trees all the way to the road
came out of the trees too fast and didnt see a big snow/ice boulder a plow pushed to the side of the road, tryed to ollie over it but hit it feet first and hit my back hard