Route: Cristo Couloir
Team: Ted, Aaron Brown
Aaron, a new friend from Aspen, and I headed to Quandary early May for another Quandary ski.
I think Colorado’s lucky to have this peak, with it’s easy drive and high trailhead all winter long. There aren’t too many more straightforward ways to get up to 14,000 feet on skis in the heart of winter anywhere else in the country.
And for a change, Aaron shot photos of me, so here are a few I ended up with.
The old 4-Runner parked at the trailhead. It's an easy 2,000 foot skin up the slope behind. The old 4-Runner parked at the trailhead. It’s an easy[...]
Silver Creek bowl seen while still on Colorado Trail- ski line indicated. Route: Silver Creek Cirque Team: Ted (solo) After a warmup[...]
Perfect snow for kicking steps. Perfect snow for kicking steps. Route: South Couloir Team: Christy,[...]
We met in Aspen in 2000 and have been happily stuck in the rockies ever since, getting out in the mountains every day we can, in every season and by all means possible. Read More
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