Mount Boddington Ridge
A super-fun long ridge scramble in the Upper Fryingpan Valley.
A super-fun long ridge scramble in the Upper Fryingpan Valley.
A spring ski descent of Deer Mountain, 13,761 ft., in the Independence Pass region.
Late season ski descents of Mount Champion and UN13736 on the east side of Independence Pass.
A spring ski descent of Mount Mamma, 13,646 ft., in the Sawatch Range west of the 14er Mount Antero.
Deep in a valley south of Twin Lakes, CO lies Mount Blaurock, 13,616 ft. It’s an impressive summit, especially for skiing, with a wide northeast face that offers more than a half a dozen potential steep ski lines.
A big lolloipop loop around Cronin Peak with several bicentennial 13ers and lots of time high on ridges.
In 2016 I finished Nolan’s 14 in 55:37 following the route north from Mt Shavano to Mt Massive, a near 100 mile course that climbs 14 14ers along the way.
Thoughts and photos from some course recon days on the Nolan’s 14 route.
Looking for a moderate distance trail run that gets you up into the high alpine? Do you prefer loops to out-and-backs, so that you don’t have to travel along the same trail in both directions?
A wrap up of our 2016 spring ski season on the 13ers and 14ers.
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