Mom Dawson’s 78th year and she’s still strutting around Crested Butte like she owns the place. Must be that mountain air. Everyone say Happy B-Day! Heading out for a hike today. Probably should have brought the skis but haven’t quite…
Elk Mountains
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Had to deliver grandma Patricia (my mom) back to Crested Butte, so Louie and I loaded up our skis and the Nytro and headed over to the other side of the Elk Mountains. I’ve backcountry skied around Crested Butte quite…
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…turning to and fro…here comes more snow…it’s May 10th ‘ya know, want to go? Here’s what we’ve got to show…. Unbelievable, it snowed at least another foot last night in the Elk Mountains of central Colorado. We were there, now…
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On the ridge south of Colorado’s Pyramid Peak, a beautiful curving cirque leads to a 13,631 foot summit I’ve always known as Len Shoemaker Peak.
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The alpine of the Aspen and Crested Butte area has been in prime backcountry skiing condition for days now, and it’s getting hit big. Pyramid Peak has been skied by two groups (one from the summit), Capitol Peak was skied…
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Ski touring news from the backcountry of April 2008, spring skiing and water bottles.
