Route: Northeast Face Team: Ted, Christy This was the final day of Christy’s super-busy 2009 spring. The day after skiing Wetterhorn Peak, a spring storm moved in and closed the road to the summit of Pike’s Peak. Upon being turned around at the gate on Pikes, we decided to high-tail up to Evans and salvage the day– it was Memorial Day Weekend and the Mount Evans Highway had just opened....
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....
Route: Northeast Face Team: Ted (solo) Mount Evans needed to be redone. After suffering here in 2000, I wasn’t too psyched to return, but being Memorial Day weekend, Independence Pass and the Mount Evans Road were now open for the summer so the driving/climbing effort was cut down considerably. After a full day yesterday (North Maroon ski followed by work that night), a quiet drive and easy ski was just...
Route: West Ridge Team: Ted (solo) Some of the hardest days were the ones I expected to be the easiest. I thought Evans from Guanella Pass would be a gimme. It had snowed a few inches the night before, which made the approach/ski line, when viewed from the car, to look good and snowy. I skinned from the truck up the gradual slope west of Evans and Mt. Spaldings summit....
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
