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Ski & Slideshow

ted — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:09:52 +0000

If you’re in Vail next week for opening day, come by The Sebastian afterwards for Christy’s slideshow. It’s going to be fun. Tickets benefit the Youth Foundation of Vail.

See you all [...]

The Ellingwood Ridge

ted — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:28:54 +0000

Christy follows the route pioneered by Albert Ellingwood, ninety years ago. Often there was only one way to go along the ridge, which meant we were likely following in his exact footsteps.

“…perhaps two miles of interminable pinnacles, sheer on both sides. It was worse than it had looked. Many could be circled [...]

Peakbagging

ted — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:29:47 +0000

Approaching the cairn atop Organ. It's not always about the challenge of the peak.

We climbed Organ Mountain this past weekend, which at 13,801 feet, is the 106th tallest peak in Colorado. We chose Organ not because Christy and I are now setting out to climb all the top 200 Colorado summits (or [...]

Len Shoemaker Ridge to Pyramid Traverse

ted — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:32:02 +0000

The massive ridge. With the start labeled, we first climbed south to Len Shoemaker Peak and then followed the ridge as it swung north, all the way to Pyramid. Click to enlarge.

Totally psyched and somewhat surprised to have actually pulled it off, Neal Beidleman and I sat on Pyramid’s narrow summit in [...]

Peak C

ted — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:37:21 +0000

Christy and Dirk in the Southwest Couloir of Peak C.

Christy, Dirk and I had a great trip to the Gores recently, and tagged the summit of Peak C, 13,220 ft., described as “the gem of the Gore Range” according to Dave Cooper’s Colorado Scrambles guide. It was an interesting peak and well [...]

Rito Alto

ted — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:25:38 +0000

Atop Rito Alto Peak, with the Northern Sangre 14ers out to the left, and the Blanca group, in the distance behind.

Looking out from the summit of Tijeras Peak the weekend prior, we wondered what the northern end of the 75-mile, snake-like ridge that makes up the Sangres was like. So we decided [...]

Tijeras Peak

ted — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:24:10 +0000

Looking northwest from the summit. The Crestones on the left, Humboldt to the right, Milwaukee and Pico Asilado are below in the foreground. Click to enlarge.

It’s been a little while since we made a trip to the Sangre de Cristos. More than two years ago, when Christy was making a push to [...]

Wrapping it up

ted — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:14:25 +0000

Joey, in front as usual, makes his way up towards the Bells.

The season went on and on and we stuck with it as long as we found things good, but we’ve decided it’s time to pack the gear away for the summer. It was a great spring and I thought I’d share [...]

The North Face of North Maroon

ted — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:16:28 +0000

Good call, Dav.

Sometimes you just have to play the hand you’re dealt.

Not that skiing isn’t one of my favorite things to do, but after six or seven months of winter, the arrival of summer is definitely welcome. As we all know though, nature doesn’t always follow a set schedule and this [...]

The Daly Grind

ted — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:48:38 +0000

The approach, justified.

Well actually, skiing 13,300 foot Mount Daly is almost always a great day, as it was for us last Saturday. In fact, I think it would probably be a hugely popular Aspen objective, much like Mount Hayden, were it not for the drawn out approach.

So I say “grind” half-seriously, [...]