Independence Pass this weekend was that big tasty lunch and a bunch of ski touring on wonderful corn snow.
Trip Reports Backcountry
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Guest TR – Colchuck Glacier, Wenatchee Mountains, North Central Cascades, WA
by Rob Mullinsby Rob MullinsColchuck glacier backcountry skiing trip report
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Congratulations and Happy 11th Birthday Chapin Newhard – On Your First Fourteener Ski Descent
by Penn Newhardby Penn NewhardChapin told me he wanted to ski a 14er for his birthday (he turns 11 at the end of the month), so Big John Gloor and I meandered up Quandary this past Saturday and we ended up snagging Cristo Couloir in windy and creamy conditions.
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Bob Perlmutter and I have been looking at this peak for years. As the highpoint of the Williams Mountains (subrange of the Sawatch east of Aspen), Williams is not a huge bulky 14er but rather a craggy granite arete that…
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Hallett Peak backcountry skiing trip report, terrific place for ski mountaineering.
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Ski touring Maroon Creek valley near Aspen, Maroon Bells and Len Shoemaker Ridge attract us to the backcountry.
