Spectated at Aspen’s Golden Leaf Half Marathon on Saturday. Headed to Crested Butte afterwards for my third Vinotok. Camp 4 coffee fueled the return trip to the front range the next morning.
Archive for September, 2011
Vinotok
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aspen, Crested Butte, Golden Leaf Half Marathon, Vinotok on September 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Aiguille de la Gilière
Posted in climbing, tagged Aiguille de la Gilière, Chamonix, Mani pulite, Nez rouge, rock climbing, Voie Brunat-Perroux on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The omens just kept coming. First it was the train we missed by a scant minutes, then our expired tram passes. Maybe being out for just a simple day had our guard down, but the route we started climbing didn’t match the guidebook description and we didn’t know where we were. Well, we could see [...]
Petite Aiguille Verte
Posted in climbing, tagged Grand Montets, Petite Aiguille Verte on September 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »
We were on the first tram out of the valley and up to Grand Montets. After gearing up for the wind and stepping outside I was surprised to see other climbers on the mountain already. Had they stayed in a nearby-hut I didn’t know about? Anyway, it looked like it was going to be a [...]
La Somone
Posted in climbing, tagged Brévent, Chamonix, La somone, rock climbing on September 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After taking the two-stage cable car to the top of the Brévent, Jeremy and I were just left with a downward hike to reach our route, La somone, the perfect active-rest day route. High clouds loomed over all we could see, but still left decent views. Approaching our route we flushed another chamois who traversed [...]
Aiguille de l’M
Posted in climbing, tagged Aiguille de l'M, Chamonix, rock climbing on September 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was amazed when Jeremy and I scored the first spots in line for the Aiguille de Midi tram. Unlike most passengers, we got off at the mid-station and started our hike north towards the “M”, so named because that letter well describes how it looks from Chamonix. We were quickly schooled by an older [...]
Tike Saab
Posted in climbing, tagged Corma di Machaby, Courmayeur, Il Paretone, rock climbing, Tike Saab on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With low clouds and Chamonix still soaked from Sunday, Jeremy and I traveled with guide Adam George through the Mont Blanc tunnel and into Italy. After a stop for the best gas station coffee I’ve ever had, we found the parking area for Corma di Machaby and started to hike up through the woods. Our [...]
Aiguille de I’Index
Posted in climbing, tagged Aiguille de I'Index, Chamonix, la Flégère, rock climbing, SE Arete, Voie Brunat-Perroux on September 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After a train, a cable car (la Flégère) and a ski lift I was ready to start climbing. We still had a short hike to the base of the Aiguille de I’Index, but somehow managed to beat out multiple other parties to get on the route Voie Brunat-Perroux first. Jeremy led the first pitch (one [...]
Arête des Papillons
Posted in climbing, tagged Aiguille du Peigne, Arête des Papillons, Caroline George, Chamonix, rock climbing on September 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jeremy had booked some guided days with Caroline George, so we decided to use one of those with the half day climb of the Arête des Papillons on the Aiguille du Peigne. After picking up the second or third tram up towards the Aiguille du Midi, we disembarked at the halfway station and started hiking [...]
Mer du Glace
Posted in hiking, tagged Chamonix, Mer du Glace, Montenvers on September 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Wanting an “active” rest day after the Chèré Couloir and unsure of the weather’s intentions, Jeremy and I settled on a “hike” up the Mer du Glace, France’s longest glacier. In a bit of a snafu, I wasted some of our morning resizing my mountaineering crampons for my boots and we ended up missing the [...]
Chèré Coulior
Posted in climbing, tagged Chamonix, Chèré Coulior, ice climbing, Mont Blanc du Tacul on September 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Feeling pretty good after our first full day in Chamonix, and with a great weather forecast we queued up for the cable car up to the Aiguille du Midi and got in the first car. Crammed with alpinists and guided walkers everyone rushed out at the top to rope up and don crampons for the [...]
