Bard Peak
Bard Peak is a Front Range 13er that we had never heard of, and to our surprise was a really sweet ski descent.
Spring Season
The days are longer, the temperatures warmer, and the snowpack, though thin, is stablizing. We love the arrival of spring because it signifies the start of our backcountry ski touring season.
Mount Meeker – Dragon Egg Couloir
Skiing the Dragon Egg Couloir on Mount Meeker. What an awesome line.
Pikes Peak Ski Descent – 5.1.10
Christy in the Y Couloir. Route: Crags CG/summit/Y couloir/summit/Crags CG Team: Christy, Ted Christy wanted this one done, and she didn’t want to wait. We had been unlucky in a couple of earlier attempts to get up the Pikes Peak Highway to ski the Y Couloir. The road closes regularly in the fickle spring weather. So as it was looking like she might be able to finish all 54 ski...
Mount Edwards – 13,850 ft.
The south facing Edwardian Couloir on the 13er Mount Edwards make for a sweet backcountry ski in the Front Range mountains of Colorado.
Mount Evans Ski Descent – 5.26.06
Route: Northeast Face Team: Ted, Chris Davenport A few days after Snowmass, Dav called and we were off to Evans. Another repeat, yes, but somehow I always have fun. It’s all about getting out and up somewhere, with friends, it never gets old. Like my solo day here in 2005 we skied the Northeast Ridge but unlike last year, we drove to the summit, skied, and then hiked back up....
Pikes Peak Y Couloir – 5.15.06
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...
Longs Peak North Face Ski Descent – 5.14.05
Sean skis by Chasm View. Don’t fall through the notch. Route: North Face to Trough Couloir Team: Ted, Christy, Dirk Bockelmann, Sean Shean Longs was the best. If I had to pick one day that stuck out as my favorite to date, it would be Longs Peak. Winter snow on the steep North Face was part of it, success after an uncertain and very long day added something, but most...
Mount Bierstadt Ski Descent – 5.6.04
Mount Bierstadt is one of the easiest peaks on the list of 14ers to ski. Route: West Flank Team: Christy, Ted We decided on Bierstadt. The morning before we were in Chamonix. After skiing the Haute Route (Chamonix to Zermatt) with friends May Eynon, Jon Gibans, Katie Monahan, and Dick and Paulina Jackson, we decided to end the trip early when bad weather ruled out a ski attempt of Mont...
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
