Jagged Mountain – #100
On Jagged’s 13,824 foot summit. We climbed and skied Jagged Mountain, our 100th and final...
Stewart Peak – 13,983 ft.
We skied Stewart Peak, 13,983 ft. yesterday, our 99th Centennial ski descent. Only one more...
Pigeon and Turret
On Turret’s summit. We sat on the tracks and waited. In all of our trips...
Phoenix Peak – 13,895 ft.
Moving east from Half Peak we went to Creede and Phoenix Peak 13,895 ft. Though it may not seem like an exciting mountain when viewed from the small town it stands over, we skied a fun, steep line on the it’s east side which impressed us all.
Half Peak 13,841 ft.
Half Peak is an interesting one. We were a bit curious about how this peak would be for skiing because the mountain isn’t really conventional in shape. It’s a giant, gentle sloping ramp with a big flat summit, much like like a butte.
Unnamed 13,832
Even though most people consider the ski season to be all wrapped up by May, it’s actually the best month of the whole year when it comes to climbing and skiing high peaks in Colorado. The late spring storms just seem to really stick.
Vestal Peak -13,864 ft.
Once we were on top and we could look down the line of Grenadiers to the east, and to the impressive Needle Mountains to the south, we were all keenly aware that we were experiencing something special.
Jupiter Mountain – 13,830 ft.
Looking back, skiing Jupiter Mountain, 13,830 ft., might have been our most straightforward day of our whole Weminuche Wilderness traverse.
The Weminuche Traverse
A five day ski traverse through the Weminuche Wilderness, from Needleton to Elk Park, with ski descents of Jupiter Mountain and Vestal Peak.
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