May 2006

Trooper Traverse trip report from Colorado.

Camp in North Fork Lake Creek. Scott carried a small BD tent that worked well. Route crosses Continental Divide, via John Jay Pass on the ridge in the background. This was the evening that Mike’s Silvretta Pure binding broke, so…

Trooper Traverse backcountry skiing trip from Leadville Colorado to Aspen includes plenty of mountaineering and history.

I’m working on a Trooper Traverse trip report this morning, look for part one later today. Meanwhile, Neal Beidleman checked in from fourteener Castle Peak. He and friends skied the East Face yesterday morning. The route has been getting quite…

Some backcountry ski trips go so smooth you hardly know they passed — others have at least one defining moment. Our recent Trooper Traverse had several such. The make-or-break point occurred when Mike was walking around a new campsite on…

Hi all! We’re back from an incredible five days backcountry skiing on the Trooper Traverse from Leadville to Aspen, Colorado. Our adventures were many, including catastrophic breakage and ultimate McGiver lashup of a Silvretta Pure binding, a frigid 9 degree…