During last week’s hike in Cumberland Basin, near Castle Peak here in Colorado, we ran across a nearly intact steam boiler with associated steam engine, air compressor, and airtank. Detail from the steam engine. Brass bearings look nearly new, as…
Fourteeners
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Attempt on climbing Castle Peak from Cumberland Basin, Colorado 14er is a nice hike if weather is good, but the rain came.
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Denali Gets Skied Like It’s Never Been Skied — Guest Report from Chris Davenport
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonChris Davenport continues as a leader of the current generation of North American ski mountaineers in their prime. I’d heard he was going to Denali this spring, and as always expected plenty of inspiring success, but this is over the…
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This past Friday’s annual Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) fundraiser “Festival of the Peaks” was a raging success. Held at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado, the event included a silent auction with an amazing amount of merchandise, a Mexican…
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El Diente Descents, South Side Couloir and Repeat of DeVore Route, San Juan mountains Colorado trip report.
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Saturday we drove down to southern Colorado for a try at El Diente Peak, a fourteener near the town of Telluride that’s not particularly tough to ski, but has a lengthy approach with more than its fair share of avalanche…
