Ranges

Mount Evans Ski Descent – 5.26.06

May 26, 2006

Skiing Mount Evans with Chris Davenport.

Snowmass Mountain West Face Ski Descent – 5.21.06

May 21, 2006

Christy, with the East Face of Siberia Peak behind. Route: West Face Team: Ted, Christy, Dirk Bockelmann Take two. I skied “on” Snowmass Mountain back in 2002, but couldn’t claim it as a summit descent. So after Pikes Peak last week, I rallied Dirk and Christy for what has become our annual Memorial Day Weekend 14er ski trip and we headed over to Marble. A new side of the mountain...

Pikes Peak Y Couloir – 5.15.06

May 15, 2006

The “Reverse Trailhead” meant we climbed back up after skiing. Route: Y Couloir Team: ted, Chris Davenport It would be a month after Pyramid before I skied another 14er. An eight day trip to Valdez, AK followed by a ski expedition to the tallest peak in Greenland, all sandwiched around buying and remodeling our condo kept me busy when Chris was stepping up his efforts on the 14ers. I was...

Mount Lincoln Ski Descent – 4.26.06

Apr 26, 2006

An April ski descent of Mount Lincoln.

East Face of Pyramid Peak Ski Descent – 4.13.06

Apr 13, 2006

Chris, in the big middle section of the Landry Route. Route: East Face Team: Ted, Chris Davenport, Neal Beidleman The advanced planning was minimal, consisting of a couple of organizational calls from Chris, laced with tones of muted optimism. The recon was even more limited. We had a few aerial shots of the route, a line that had only been skied once before back in 1978. The hazards were widely...

Mount Sherman South Face Ski Descent – 3.15.06

Mar 15, 2006

Up top, not much to see here, either. Route: South Slopes Team: Ted, Chris Davenport Even though I had already skied Mount Sherman once in 2004, I still welcomed Chris’s invitation to do something different and get out of Aspen for the day. We could talk up some more exciting trips for spring and maybe somewhere down the road he would return the favor and come along with me when...

Cristo Couloir – Quandary Peak Ski Descent – 1.24.06

Jan 24, 2006

A January ski descent of Quandary peak with Chris Davenport and Horton the Quandary Dog.

Snake Couloir – Mount Sneffels Ski Descent – 11.7.05

Nov 7, 2005

An early season ski descent of the Snake Couloir on Mount Sneffels.

Castle Peak Ski Descent – 10.20.05

Oct 20, 2005

Route: North Face Couloir Team: Ted (solo) This was a standard Castle Peak outing. Autumn rain in Aspen falls as snow up in Montezuma Basin. Mike Sladdin, Johnny Love, and I piled in the Tacoma and headed up to see how much snow fell. I had been up here earlier in the week and knew the couloir was skiable. Mike wasn’t too interested in the summit, and Johnny regretfully left...

Holy Cross – Cross Couloir Ski – 7.3.05

Jul 3, 2005

On the summit, a gorgeous July day. Route: Cross Couloir Team: Ted (solo) In 2005 I skied during every month of the year. I had always heard of people in Colorado doing this, traveling to small desperate patches of sun-cupped summer snow just to be able to say they skied all year. September and August can be the toughest to pull off. July was easy, I went to Holy Cross....