Route: Southeast Face Team: Christy, Ted, Kim Havell, Karen Kingsley The four of us had just skied the Crestone Needle and from Broken Hand Pass were looking over to Humboldt. We could see the straightforward route down, across Upper South Colony Lakes, and up the mountain’s standard summer route. The ski down would be thin at the top, as it always is, but to get two Sangre summits checked off...
Only during a special season does the North Couloir on Crestone Peak have enough snow to ski. 2008 was one of those years….
A spring descent of Kit Carson’s Outward Bound Couloir, a Sangre classic!
A stormy day for a ski descent of the Angel of Shavano.
Skiing Mount Bross and thoughts on the ethics that surround summit ski descents.
A powder day on Mount Yale!
A spring ski descent of the south couloirs on Quandary Peak with some adventure friends from out of town.
A mid winter ski descent of the 14er Mount Sherman.
A late spring (June 1) ski descent of South Maroon Peak.
Route: North Face Team: Christy, Ted, Dirk Bockelmann [Christy here} While there has been a lot of great skiing this spring, nothing would mean more to me than getting North Maroon Peak. For a while now Dirk and I have both pondered whether we were ready for the North Face or not. Ted has skied it a couple of times… Turns out we were ready! We got started on the trail at 4:15 after...
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
