Dan this morning on the Continental Divide at about 12,000 feet near Independence Pass, Colorado. Geissler #2 in background. Interesting conditions. Cold air lingers over the region, by 9:00 AM only the easterly exposures had softened enough for silky skiing.…
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View from Blue Peak this morning, looking southerly at Mountain Boy region of Independence Pass, Colorado. (Click to enlarge.) A cold front moved through yesterday and last night, leaving a coating of white above about 11,000 feet. Since the terrain…
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Lisa makes some turns for Robin Ferguson this morning at Independence Pass. Some of you might remember when we reported a while back about the untimely death of Friends Hut founder and ski alpinist Robin Ferguson. This afternoon was his…
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Independence Pass Backcountry Skiing News — Coating of New Snow Still Holding
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonI did a solo mission up at Independence Pass, Colorado this morning. Above is view at about 7:00 A.M. from Blue Peak, just north of Independence Pass looking southerly. Stunning peak with couloir is Grizzly, Mountain Boy Gulch in foreground.…
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Alaskan backcountry skiing from the Backside Glacier, excellent ski mountaineering.
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Boot climbing up Pearl Mountain this morning. I leave the house at 3:45 AM. The highway drive goes fast, up the Roaring Fork Valley here in central Colorado. No traffic this early, and flashing yellow stoplights you can rip through…
