Sunday was originally planned as a ski day at the Breckenridge resort. Unfortunately, my youngest brother injured his rotator cuff while Helen was still feeling low in energy. I decided against skiing by myself and hoped to summit a fairly easy peak. I drove south of Breckenridge to the continental divide at Hoosier Pass. I [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Hoosier Pass
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hoosier Pass, snowshoe on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
French Gulch Road
Posted in skiing, tagged avalanche, backcountry on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Helen and I were disappointed to see that the French Gulch Road had been plowed past the trailhead so we found ourselves shouldering our skis and hiking. Before long we had views of Mount Guyot and the north face which was our skiing goal for the day. Last week I’d spotted the northwest ridge of [...]
Backcountry Film Festival
Posted in film, tagged backcountry, film festival, skiing on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday night the Backcountry Film Festival had a stop at Golden’s American Mountaineering Center. I stopped by early and chatted with some of the staff and volunteers for the Backcountry Snowsports Alliance – a group which fights for non-motorized areas for the backcountry recreationists. I noticed a lot of parallels with their policy battles and [...]
Matthews/Winters Park
Posted in hiking, Uncategorized, tagged hiking on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Needing a vitamin D fix, the pack headed to Matthews/Winters Park just outside of Denver in the foothills. Bordering the north side of Red Rocks, the park had a view of Mount Morrison which we’d hiked up the day before. Our hike today was both lower in elevation and sunnier than the day before. We [...]
Mount Morrison, Red Rocks
Posted in hiking, tagged hiking, Red Rocks on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the longer spring days and sunny weather, Helen and I planned an evening hike at Red Rocks. Always looking for summits, I found Mount Morrison (7,881 feet) just outside the park boundary. From the lower parking lot on the south side of the amphitheatre we headed straight up to reach the south ridge around [...]
Bald Mountain, March 23rd 2008
Posted in skiing, tagged backcountry, Colorado, skiing on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The pack (Helen, Torrey and I) left Denver under a full moon before 6am to beat the ski traffic up to Summit county. The forecast was for a beautiful and sunny day while the avalanche conditions were rated moderate. Around 8am we were skinning up from the trailhead on Mt Baldy road and trying to [...]
Elk Meadow Park, Bergen Peak
Posted in hiking on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Helen, Torrey and I spent Saturday morning hiking at Elk Meadow Park. Clouds quickly moved in but we still had views to the west of the 14′er Evans. Plenty of snow on the north and tree-shaded slopes to travel through. Our route was about 9 miles with at least 2,000 feet of gain.
