Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains: Over 50 Select Ski Descents
Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.

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Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains: Over 50 Select Ski Descents
Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.

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Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493046737
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 01/01/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 312
File size: 35 MB
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About the Author

Ben Conners was born and raised in Colorado. A graduate of CU Boulder, Ben has spent extensive time in the mountains in all seasons as a ski mountaineer, rock climber and conditioned peak bagger, with the spring ski season his favorite time of year.

Brian Miller was born in Maryland and moved to Denver in 2006 to pursue his dream of living and playing in the Rockies. A graduate of Brown University in Rhode Island, he found that the nearby mountains in Vermont and New Hampshire weren’t enough to satisfy his insatiable love for the hills, so a move West was in order.

Table of Contents

Foreword viii

Acknowledgments x

Introduction 1

Colorado Backcountry Skiing 1

Difficulty Ratings 3

Gear 4

Avalanche Safety 14

Group Dynamics 17

Skiing Skills 18

Leave No Trace 19

Finding Your Way 19

Map Legend 22

Front Range 23

1 Bald Mountain-Northeast Couloirs (aka Baldy Chutes) 25

2 Torreys Peak-The Emperor 29

3 Notchtop Mountain-Notchtop Couloir 33

4 "The Citadel"-Northeast Chute (aka Snoopy's Backside Chute) 38

5 Mount Meeker-Dragon Egg Couloir 43

6 Pikes Peak-Y-Couloir 49

7 Mount Edwards-North Face Couloirs 54

8 Longs Peak-Keplinger's Couloir 58

9 Mount Chiquita-Banana Couloir 63

10 Torreys Peak-East Face Direct 69

Gore Range 73

11 Bald Mountain-South Face 75

12 Red Peak B-Southeast Face 80

13 Buffalo Mountain-Silver Couloir 84

14 Mount Powell-South and East Couloirs 89

15 East East Red-What Big Eyes You Have Couloir 96

16 Deming Mountain-Deming Drop 102

Tenmile/Mosquito Range 107

17 Quandary Peak-East Face 109

18 Crystal Peak-East Face 114

19 Peak 10-4th of July Bowl 119

20 Atlantic Peak-East Face Couloir (aka V Couloir) 123

21 "Drift Peak"-Northwest Face 128

22 Wheeler Mountain-Northeast Face 132

23 Mount Arkansas-Moonshine Couloir 137

Sawatch Range 142

24 East Geissler and West Geissler Mountains: East Geissler-South Face; West Geissler-East Face 144

25 Mount Elbert-Box Creek Chutes 148

26 Mount Aetna-Grand Couloir 153

27 Grizzly Peak A-North Couloir (aka Grizzly Couloir) 158

28 Mount Hope-Hopeful Couloir 163

29 Cronin Peak-Northeast Face 169

30 Sayres Benchmark-North Face Couloirs (X-Rated and Grand Central Couloirs) 175

31 Savage Peak-Savage Couloir 180

32 Mount of the Holy Cross-Cross Couloir 185

33 Huron Peak-East Face 191

34 Ice Mountain-Refrigerator Couloir 196

Sangre de Cristo Range 200

35 Horn Peak-East Face 202

36 Mount Lindsey-North Couloir 207

37 Little Bear Peak-Hourglass Couloir 212

Elk Range 217

38 Snowmass Mountain-East Face 219

39 Mount Sopris-Thomas Lakes Bowl 223

40 Castle Peak-North Face Couloir 227

41 Cathedral Peak-East Face/Couloir 232

42 North Maroon Peak-North Face (aka Stammberger Ledges) 236

San Juan Range 241

43 San Luis Peak-West Face Couloirs (aka Yawner Gullies) 243

44 American Peak-North Face Couloirs 248

45 GrandTurk and Sultan Mountains-Northern Aspects 252

46 Potosi Peak-North Couloir 258

47 Stony Mountain-Northwest Couloir 263

48 Windom Peak-Widowmaker Couloir 267

49 Snowdon Peak-Naked Lady Couloir 272

50 Mount Sneffels-South Face (aka Birthday Chutes) 276

51 San Joaquin Ridge-San Joaquin Couloir 280

52 El Diente Peak-Luttrell Line 285

Appendix A Gear Shops 293

Appendix B Restaurants 295

Index 301

About the Authors 302

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