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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 9, 2008 - 04:49pm PT
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Took a winter road trip with Ed this weekend, to Silverton in southwest Colorado. It’s a unique ski area. There is only one lift, and it gets you access to a ridge at 12,000 feet. You then hike the ridge to get to the runs, so it’s more like lift-assisted backcountry skiing than a regular ski resort. Avalanche danger is ever-present in the San Juans, so you go in small groups with a guide, and you ski with backcountry protocol: one at a time, from one safe spot to another.
We stopped on the way at McClure Pass for a short run in a nice aspen grove.
Then we motored south. Here is the Silverton base area in its entirety.
The ridge you hike rises from 12,000 feet to 13,000 feet. Note the hikers on the skyline.
The old lift used was retired from Mammoth and then shipped here.
Here is our group at the bottom of a run.
Ed at the end of our first run.
There is a tent heated by a wood stove, instead of a base lodge.
Ed, tuckered.
Hadn’t snowed for a while, so it wasn’t the full-blown powder experience one hopes for, but a fine time, nonetheless.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Slid down Baldy with Eddie and his bro way back in the Jurassic.
Hey Eddie!
what's with the mini mansion where your pappy's barn used to be?
His place looks great now also.
Hope everyone is doin' fine.
Say hi to your bro for me.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Mar 10, 2008 - 01:09am PT
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Good job Gents! Emoe skis??
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 10, 2008 - 01:37am PT
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Hey;...where's his baby?.........What the..........?...don't he have diaper duty?...Daddy Sampson......
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Mar 10, 2008 - 04:06am PT
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Is E-Moe gonna hurl or somethin'? What's with that basket so close to him?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Mar 10, 2008 - 11:31am PT
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I remember when he blew through town (SLC) in the early 80's on a ski/ice-climb junket, and was waylayed by disease. He logged a lot of couch time, but always made it up for Dr Who.
He looked kinda like that...
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ec
climber
ca
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Mar 10, 2008 - 01:22pm PT
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LOL
I have a pic buried some place with Ed having that same expression; El Cap, 1980.
 ec
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2008 - 02:11pm PT
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Todd-Ed had a kitchen pass for the weekend.
-Ran into Mal doing an ice climbing clinic in Ouray.
-Speaking of ice climbing, on the drive, Ed regaled me with the tale of the first ascent of the complete Sentinel Falls with Dick Leversee. Great story. I urged him to write it up and post it here sometime.
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