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Christy’s Four Mountain Challenge

Christy’s Four Mountain Challenge

Mar 7, 2009

[Christy here]With four ski mountains in the area, locals have an unique opportunity to ski them all in one day. The “four mountain challenge” as it has been called, isn’t something that’s done or talked about very much and there seems to be several different ways it can be executed. Most of the time it’s an Aspen old timer that has gone out for the challenge. Tom Hines and Dick...

McNamara to Margy’s

McNamara to Margy’s

Feb 14, 2009

Locate this sign and you’ll feel a bit less lost out there With six weeks to go before the Grand Traverse, team Lucky No. 9, a.k.a Christy and I, went out to log some miles, skiing a classic interconnect between the two founding huts of the 10th Mountain Hut System, Margy’s and McNamara. Starting at the Lenado trailhead (8640 ft.), we made our way to McNamara Hut (10,360 ft.), via a linkup of...

The Flying Kilometer

The Flying Kilometer

Jan 11, 2009

Sound like fun?  It all depends on your perspective, literally. From it’s top, it’s a fast, steep descent towards Snowmass, and on nordic skis it can almost be scary.  When tackling this stretch of the Owl Creek Trail from the opposite direction(pictured), the only thing ‘flying’ is your heartrate, into the red that is. Participants in next Saturday’s 22nd Annual Owl Creek Chase , the 21 km skate race from Snowmass to Aspen, will...

The Four Pass Loop

The Four Pass Loop

Aug 28, 2008

This connection of trails that circumnavigates the Maroon Bells crests four passes greater than 12,000 feet and resides entirely within the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness. It’s one of those reminders as to why we live here. Completed in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction, its reported distance and elevation gain varies a bit depending on who you ask and where you start but definitely qualifies as a must-do.  Outings can commence from...

Conundrum to East Maroon

Conundrum to East Maroon

Aug 5, 2008

More specifically, Conundrum Creek trail up to Triangle Pass, down to Copper Lake, up to East Maroon Pass and down East Maroon Creek. The route can actually be completed in either direction, in our case Todd Clark, Christy and I began the day at the Conundrum Creek Trailhead (8800 ft.) and ran most of the popular trail up 8 miles or so to the famous hot springs (11,200 ft.) that bear the trails name. FYI, the lowest...

Climb Monitor, Run Elbert

Climb Monitor, Run Elbert

Jul 16, 2008

One of the best things about having some big goals on the horizon is getting prepared. Friday evening we went up to Turkey Rock for an easy two pitches of rock climbing. The next morning, we headed over the pass towards Twin Lakes to Monitor Rock where we had a climb of the ‘Trooper Traverse’ planned. At 5 pitches in length and with a crux difficulty rating of 5.8 it was...

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The days are getting longer... though not quite as The days are getting longer... though not quite as long as my legs in this early morning shadow yet. It feels good to be here- we made it through the winter, spring is here, summer is coming, things are looking up... lots to be 😃 about! 🙏🌈👍⛰🚵🧗🏻‍♂️🏕🔥#happyeaster
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Good reminder of how impressive and unique this tw Good reminder of how impressive and unique this twin-summit mountain is to Colorado. Not even 13k feet (12,965 ft) it dominates the Roaring Fork Valley skyline and rises 6,000 ft in less than 3 miles. We found winter powder conditions and a great day out with friends #mtsopris #lettheoutsidein #springtimeintherockies #alwaysgo 📷 @tedmahon @stio @kaestleski
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