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| After that excellent Italy guest blog from Romeo I’m suffering from Euro envy. Antidote, dig out a photo of a favorite Colorado fourteener and draw some route lines on it. A– original east couloir on South Maroon Peak (IV D11 R2) , first skied in 1970s, first from summit in 1980. B– alternate east couloir, 1970s. C– East Face route, first descent by Rex Wherman around 1996 (IV D16 R3). D– Stammberger/Pokress winter climbing route, no known ski descent. E– Bell Cord Couloir (IV D14 R2), usually skied from saddle. F– summer climbing route for North Maroon, not a ski route. G– North Maroon North Face classic ski route (IV D15 R3). “Garbage Chute” access route is the fissure at lower left (D-5). There are at least three other major ski routes on terrain not shown in the photo. Thanks goes to Peter Kelley for the photo. |
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
