Teakettle Mountain – 13,819 ft.
Teakettle Mountain located in the San Juan range is widely considered one of Colorado’s hardest Centennial Peaks.
Coxcomb Peak
On the airy spine of Coxcomb. I guess the 3rd time is the charm. Back in 2006, despite a weather forecast for steady rain, Christy and I made the drive to Middle Cimarron Creek in the North San Juans, and backpacked high in the valley below Coxcomb Peak. We had long known of this uniquely shaped mountain near the Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn peaks, and had it on our list to...
2012 San Juan Solstice 50
The course profile. Put another San Juan Solstice 50 in the books. It was Christy’s 4th finish here, and my 5th, and despite us both having a good amount of experience at this race, we’ve found that it is always a tough, unpredictable day. (more…)
Blow It Up. Or, Blow Up Trying: The Lost Kyle Skaggs Interview
The lost interview with Kyle Skaggs, the 2008 Hardrock 100 winner and course-record setter.
Mount Wilson – North Face Ski Descent – 5.5.10
A convoluted summit ski descent of Mount Wilson in 2010.
El Diente – North Face Ski Descent – 5.5.10
From the notch in the distance, it’s easier terrain to the summit. Route: North Face Team: Christy, Ted Christy and I came here earlier this season (March) but found the snow to be pretty unstable, so we turned around and went home. After a recent spring storm blew through the state, we decided to give the El Diente – Mount Wilson pair another look. We made it a good way...
San Luis Peak Ski Descent – 1.16.10
Christy makes her way across the rolling basin to the East Ridge. Route: Yawner Gullies (SW) Team: Ted, Christy We had come off Sneffels the weekend prior, and decided to head back down to the San Juans for a combo ice climbing trip/ San Luis Peak ski. After a couple of days in the Ouray Ice Park, we made our way to Creede for the night. It just so happened...
Mount Sneffels – Birthday Chutes – 1.9.10
A January 2010 ski of the Birthday Chutes on Mount Sneffels.
Hard Telling, Not Knowing
You’re only considered to have finished when you kiss the rock. The Hardrock 100 starts tomorrow at 6am, and with any luck could be over sometime Saturday. How will it go? Well, there’s so much to this race, so many variables and unknowns that it’s impossible to say for sure, until it’s over. So I have to fall back on the cliche for my answer– it’s hard telling, not knowing....
Happy Birthday Christy!
It’s July 16th, a.k.a. the most important day of the year, and if you haven’t seen Christy and her long red dress and wished her a happy birthday yet, you can still acknowledge the significance of the day at the Aspen Club tennis courts until 8, then at the Sky until about 10 and finally at the Belly Up for the ‘Jes Grew’ reunion show until midnight(w/ cake, thanks Troy)....
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
