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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Jan 21, 2008 - 12:45am PT
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Pyramid from somewhere on Maroon..
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 07:56am PT
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Museum, I've got near-duplicates of some of your views.
Guess those are places we stop and think wow, look at that!
As an aside (and I've been guilty of this too), I'd recommend down-scaling your pics a bit --
if they're too wide then on most monitors, people have to scroll horizontally to view the pics
or read text. And then posters start using hard returns to shorten their lines like this.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 08:02am PT
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Meanwhile, back on North Maroon ...
Around 13,000' I caught up with another party, who must have started before dawn.
Until that point I'd been thinking the famous loose rock was no big deal, pretty similar to an Eldorado
approach hike in those days before trails. Nearing this party, though, I heard shouts of "Rock!" and
realized there was an advantage being solo. Gave the rock-rollers a wide berth and kept going;
these were the only other people I saw on the mountain that day.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 08:04am PT
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Summit marmots no doubt have tough winters, but in summer they make out OK.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 08:08am PT
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Maroon Peak from the summit North Maroon, at just over 14,000'. The airy ridge between them looked fun.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho
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Jan 21, 2008 - 09:40am PT
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You guys are tapping into the deep dark abyss of my memory banks.
Museum is right: scrambles on red conglomerate peaks are different.
BTW I was disappointed in the Capitol K2 ridge. I recall not being too impressed by the exposure on the knife blade - which was really only about 100ft long. A buddy of mine soloed it in winter and said it was exciting though.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 09:48am PT
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You guys are tapping into the deep dark abyss of my memory banks.
Excellent!
BTW I was disappointed in the Capitol K2 ridge. I recall not being too impressed by the exposure on the knife blade
Yeah, after seeing all these old CMC photos of folks humping across it cautiously, even with no experience
I found the Captiol knife edge just a no-hands walk. The intimidating part of that day for me was not the
climbing moves but the feeling of being up there on a big peak alone, far from home.
Determined but clueless.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 11:13am PT
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The ridge over the Bells is a sidewalk in the sky.
Looking back over the ridge to North Maroon, from the higher summit of the south peak:
At this point in the day, shortly after noon, the weather was still fine. But I wasn't sure how to get down.
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don coyote
climber
mahogany ridge
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Jan 21, 2008 - 11:22am PT
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If either of the two fella's who did the Capitol ascent last oct.or nov. visit this site,would you care to share photo's?Very,very impressive.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jan 21, 2008 - 12:40pm PT
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Okay, that's it. Next time I get there I'm going beyond the parking lot!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 01:50pm PT
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Okay, that's it. Next time I get there I'm going beyond the parking lot!
So here's the classic parking-lot view, looking better than real life. I wish this was my photo, but it's not.
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spectreman
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Jan 21, 2008 - 04:05pm PT
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For a wild winter adventure check out the Elk Mountains Grand Traverse. A ski race through the backcountry from Crested Butte to Aspen. 40 ass kicking miles through some amazing sections of the Elks.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 21, 2008 - 07:23pm PT
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Chiloe, I like that sidewalk in the sky routine.
Yes Spectreman; The Grand Traverse, I'm looking at that (it can be a bit of a suffer-fest).
The contenders do it on lightweight racing gear, skating if conditions permit. Some carry a spare real short ski in case they snap one.
My strategy will be to do it the day after the race, so the trail will be broken in and I'll be on somewhat beefier nordic norm touring gear.
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spectreman
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Jan 21, 2008 - 07:37pm PT
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I did the Grand Traverse last year and, yes, it is a sufferfest! I'm training to do it again this year and I just got my new skis today. We're going to do it on Fischer Superlights. A narrow nordic ski with no metal edge. I hope we survive the steeps of Ajax on the way to the finish line. The top contenders do the race on skate gear for the absolute lightest rig.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 21, 2008 - 07:40pm PT
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Go fast, stay warm!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 22, 2008 - 12:22am PT
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How many Crested Butte to Aspen routes are there? The first time that I EVER got on touring gear was to reach Aspen from CB. I guess the Udalls figured that I had some decent survival potential because I was lime green on skiis. We ended turning around due to some nasty wind slabs approaching the pass. I had an electric fuscia/purple Class 5 parka and earned the nickname of the Purple Streak for lack of brakes.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 22, 2008 - 02:55am PT
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hey there chiloe.. say, i just dropped in again, to keep checking this out... sure is very speical, in deed...
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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Jan 22, 2008 - 03:09am PT
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This is a great thread! I second that Jaybro. Next time I'm up there, I'm going past
the parking lot too! My family has decided to make an early fall trip to Aspen a
regular thing.
The first time I was up there at that lake, ole Fletch got himself engaged... far end
of the lake, right side where the creek flows into the lake in the not-by-Chiloe
photo. Biked up from Aspen, hanging out by the lake enjoying the warm fall sun...
waiting for the right moment... I had the right spot, but there was this guy nearby
who was loudly yammering away about some inanity and wouldn't go away.
Eventually he did... I wasn't giving up this spot, especially after I'd been carrying the
ring around Aspen wrapped up in a bandana in my fanny pack looking for just the
right place to ask.
The ride down the hill was like flight. :-)
Fletch
Edit: Thanks for starting this one Chiloe... inspiring!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 22, 2008 - 02:16pm PT
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Tarbuster:
Chiloe, I like that sidewalk in the sky routine.
Hey, your scrambling threads inspired me to unearth and scan these ancient slides.
neebee:
say, i just dropped in again, to keep checking this out
Cool. I'm almost out of slides and stories from this one day in 1974, though. Perhaps we'll get
some new stuff from others.
Who's got more from the Bells, Pyramid, Capitol? Castle and Cathedral have made no appearance yet,
and Snowmass had barely a cameo.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 22, 2008 - 03:00pm PT
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Fletcher:
The first time I was up there at that lake, ole Fletch got himself engaged...
Now that's a neat story, much better than mine.
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