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The Cone
The Cone
Summit Elevation 9,260'
Summit Location 40.6504° / -111.6188°
Trailhead Beartrap Trailhead
Online Map View on wbskiing.com

The Cone is the small peak at the top of Powder Park 3. It is located between Mill D North Fork and Beartrap Fork. The Cone is usually accessed from Mill D North Fork when skiing Powder Park 3, but it is also easy to reach, and fun to ski, from Beartrap Fork.

Getting to The Cone from Beartrap

The Cone (into Beartrap Fork)
Drainage Beartrap Fork
Terrain Open and Aspens
Ascent Vertical 1,800
Skiing Vertical 700'
Skinning Distance 1.7 miles
Location 40.6490° / -111.6170°

To ski the Beartrap side of The Cone (and the nearby Peak 9269), enter Beartrap Fork from the Beartrap trailhead. Approximately 10 minutes after passing the Beartrap terrain-trap gully, head up the second drainage to the west (unless there is already a skin track in the first drainage to the west). This will take you to a small saddle above Powder Park 3 that is just north of The Cone. You can ski back down this gentle terrain (approximately 24°) or continue south along the ridge to The Cone or Peak 9269 and ski into Beartrap on slightly steeper lines (approximately 30°). These slopes provide excellent beginner-to-intermediate terrain and are easy to access—they also get tracked-out quickly.

Getting to The Cone from Beartrap Fork
Skiing the Beartrap side of The Cone

About the name

A few people call this the Snow Cone or the Ice Cream Cone, which are probably both offshoots from what I think is the earliest name, The Cone. Some people call the peak The Cone (as I do) while others, who have been around longer than I, call the entire area (including Powder Park 3) The Cone.