05-06-16 – Jacque Peak 05-17-16 – Longs Peak – Keplinger’s Couloir 06-01-16 – Otis Peak 06-08-16 – South Boulder Peak, Bear Peak, Green Mountain 06-19-16 – Savage Peak – Savage Couloir 06-29-16 – Music Mountain 07-13-16 – Extra Credit – Mount Orton Participants: Mat Ballay, Dillon Sarnelli For most of the civilized world this yearContinue reading “May and June’s Greatest Hits – Jacque to Music, and Some Extra Credit”
Category Archives: Sawatch Range
Make Columbia Great Again
“Scree Hell”. We’ve all heard it. This mountain sets the bar so high, it’s how we measure every other scree descent in Colorado. It couldn’t be that bad, right? Yeah it is. I learned that back in 2012 on a 2 year blitzkrieg to finish the 14ers. It was a solo Sawatch slammer of aContinue reading “Make Columbia Great Again”
Emerald from Missouri Gulch – With a Side of Belford and Lackawanna
In January I summited California Peak with Zambo. While descending the summit ridge I became dizzy and disoriented. “Zambo, is this what altitude sickness feels like?!?” An extra strength ibuprofen got me back to the car. Fast forward to March, I attempted Shavano and Tab with Danny. At about 12,500′ in the Angel my head began toContinue reading “Emerald from Missouri Gulch – With a Side of Belford and Lackawanna”
Taking the High Road: Hope and Quail from Willis Gulch
In the state of Colorado, the word “Spring” can have many meanings. For my neighbors on Eliot Street, it means they can finally come out of their homes, sit on their porches, and wonder where I could possibly be off to next. For the friends I travel these hills with, it’s the season they’ve been waitingContinue reading “Taking the High Road: Hope and Quail from Willis Gulch”
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