Pearl Basin Archives - Stuck in the Rockies

A Sunny Sunday Ski Date

Feb 3, 2022

A sunny ski tour and loop over three passes and around Star Peak in the Elk Mountains near Ashcroft, Colorado

Tagert Hut Christmas

Dec 29, 2018

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.

White Christmas at Green-Wilson

Dec 26, 2016

We escaped the busy-ness of Aspen during the holidays and spent Christmas Eve up at Green-Wilson Hut, one of the Braun Huts above Ashcroft.

Cresting Mace Saddle, the high point of the loop around Mace Peak. A week of sun and warm temps crusted up the powder in the backcountry, so we thought a different type of ski tour was in order. We grabbed the light skis and made a loop around nearby Mace Peak. (more…)

Christmas at Tagert Hut

Dec 27, 2014

We escaped the holiday season craziness in Aspen and headed up to Tagert Hut for Christmas Eve, up in Pearl Basin above Ashcroft.

A Green (Wilson) Christmas

Dec 28, 2011

It was far from a “White Christmas” around Aspen this year, but we did manage to find a little bit of powder up in the Pearl Pass area. (Christy here) For the second year in a row, we escaped the hustle-and-bustle of the holidays in Aspen to meet friends at the Green-Wilson hut for Christmas. Starting from Ashcroft on Christmas Eve afternoon, we skinned the five-plus miles to the hut...

14er Ski Descents – Castle Peak – April 2, 2011

Apr 4, 2011

An awesome early spring ski descent of the East Face of Castle Peak.

A Christmas Day Getaway

Dec 27, 2010

Christy prances through the snow. The holiday season is upon us, and if you live and work in a resort town such as Aspen, it’s not quite the vacation you might think. Everything and everyone is maxed out– the mountain is busy, you work everyday, town is packed, you can’t park anywhere or walk into a restaurant without a reservation. Of course the business/ busy-ness is welcome, but by the...