The old 4-Runner parked at the trailhead. It’s an easy 2,000 foot skin up the slope behind. Route: West Flank Team: Ted (solo) Mount Bierstadt is a quickie. When Guanella Pass is plowed, it’s an easy 3 hour drive from Aspen to the trailhead, which puts you at the base of the West Ridge at just under 12,000 ft. You can skin from the car to the summit, and short...
Solo skiing Moose Gulch on Mount Bross.
Route: West Face Team: Ted, Jared Ettlinger Jared was the next friend I would cajole into skiing with me. We drove to Democrat, on the Fremont Pass side. It had been nice spring weather lately, that is until the night before, we figured four inches of new snow shouldn’t slow us down too much. Wrong. The new snow got deeper and deeper the higher we went. Opting for skins at...
A 1999 ski descent of Mount Lincoln.
When it comes to skiing 14ers, it all started with Quandary Peak.