Mount Champion & UN13736
Late season ski descents of Mount Champion and UN13736 on the east side of Independence Pass.
U.S. Grant Peak
We finally made a trip to ski U.S. Grant Peak down in the San Juans up in Ice Lakes Basin.
Mount Mamma – 13,646 ft.
A spring ski descent of Mount Mamma, 13,646 ft., in the Sawatch Range west of the 14er Mount Antero.
Mount Blaurock
Deep in a valley south of Twin Lakes, CO lies Mount Blaurock, 13,616 ft. It’s an impressive summit, especially for skiing, with a wide northeast face that offers more than a half a dozen potential steep ski lines.
Drift Peak
A 2019 ski descent of the Northwest Face of Drift Peak, an unranked 13er in the Tenmile Range near Breckenridge.
Willow Peak
A ski descent of the Northeast Couloir on Willow Peak, 13,336 ft.
Mount Sherman
A 2019 ski descent of the South Slopes of Mount Sherman, the third 14er that Christy and Elsie Weiss have skied together.
Winter Ski Touring
Snow has been falling steadily all season. The backcountry has been slowly filling in and we’ve been getting out on some of our favorite winter ski tours when we can.
Tagert Hut Christmas
Our annual Christmas Eve Hut Trip, now in its 9th year, was to Tagert Hut. Five of us made the trip up to celebrate the holiday and do a little skiing on Christmas morning.
Tenmile Traverse
The Tenmile Range is a region of the Colorado Rockies that contain the mountains surrounding Breckenridge and Frisco. These mountains frame the Blue River Valley and Lake Dillon and not only provide a scenic back drop for everything in the area, but contained within them is a cool ridge that allows for a huge linkup of summits.
About Christy & Ted
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
