With four ski mountains in the area, locals have an unique opportunity to ski them all in one day. The “four mountain challenge” as it has been called, isn’t something that’s done or talked about very much and there seems to be several different ways it can be executed. Most of the time it’s an Aspen old timer that has gone out for the challenge. Tom Hines and Dick Jackson did the tour for Tom’s birthday 30 years ago starting from Snowmass and making their way to Aspen Mountain via Midnight Mine Road in time for a beer at the Sundeck at 3:30pm. Well-known, local skier Johnny Love likes to connect all four mountains by riding the chairlifts, skiing down, and then driving between the ski areas, in which the hardest part is probably the parking. Last year Ted and I took the advice of Aspen natives Andre and Pierre Willie and skinned and skied all four mountains starting with Aspen and finishing with Snowmass. In preparation for this year’s Grand Traverse, read more>>>
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 Locate this sign and you'll feel a bit less lost out there With six weeks to go before the Grand Traverse, team Lucky No. 9, a.k.a Christy and I, went out to log some miles, skiing a classic interconnect between the two founding huts of the 10th Mountain Hut System, Margy’s and McNamara. Starting at the Lenado trailhead (8640 ft.), we made our way to McNamara Hut (10,360 ft.), via a linkup of the Tincup Trail to Four Corners to the Van Horn Park Trail. Grabbing a quick snack at the hut, and after nearly being taken out by some novice skiers descending from the hut, we began the seven mile stretch towards Margy’s, read more>>> Sound like fun? It all depends on your perspective, literally. From it’s top, it’s a fast, steep descent towards Snowmass, and on nordic skis it can almost be scary. When tackling this stretch of the Owl Creek Trail from the opposite direction(pictured), the only thing ‘flying’ is your heartrate, into the red that is. Participants in next [...] This connection of trails that circumnavigates the Maroon Bells crests four passes greater than 12,000 feet and resides entirely within the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness. It’s one of those reminders as to why we live here. Completed in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction, its reported distance and elevation gain varies a bit depending on who [...] More specifically, Conundrum Creek trail up to Triangle Pass, down to Copper Lake, up to East Maroon Pass and down East Maroon Creek. The route can actually be completed in either direction, in our case Todd Clark, Christy and I began the day at the Conundrum Creek Trailhead(8800 ft.) and ran most of the popular trail up [...] One of the best things about having some big goals on the horizon is getting prepared. Friday evening we went up to Turkey Rock for an easy two pitches of rock climbing. The next morning(Saturday), we headed over the pass towards Twin Lakes to Monitor Rock where we had a climb [...] |
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