Backcountry Skiing
An incomplete list of my backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering trips...
2021
6/30-7/1: Glacier Peak, Washington
5/13: Eldorado Peak, Washington
4/21: Mount Shuksan, Washington
4/14: Mount Saint Helens, Washington
4/10: Disappointment Peak, Wyoming
4/9: 10696, Wyoming
2020
3/13: Mount Moran, Wyoming
3/8: Kendall Peak Attempt & Anvil Mountain, Colorado
3/7: Tower Mountain, Colorado
3/6: Red Mountain No. 3, Colorado
3/4: Bald Mountain, Colorado
3/3: Klondike Mountain, Colorado
2018
5/14: Static Peak, Wyoming
5/13: Albright Peak, Wyoming
5/12: Mount Glory, Wyoming
5/8: Diamond Peaks, Colorado
5/7: Bald Mountain, Colorado
5/6: La Plata Peak, Colorado
5/5: "Golden Bear Peak", Colorado
5/4: Bald Mountain, Colorado
4/30: Diamond Peaks, North, Colorado
4/29: Bard Peak, Colorado
4/28: Klondike Mountain, Colorado
2/4: "Outpost Peak", Colorado
1/29: Mount Elbert, Colorado
1/27: Klondike Mountain, Colorado
2017
6/2: Mount Adams, Washington
5/24-25: Mount Baker, Washington
5/21: Jim Hill Mountain, Washington
5/19: Mount Hood, Oregon
5/18: Mount Bachelor, Oregon
5/15: Waterhouse Peak, California
5/14: Maggie Peaks, South; Dicks Peak; Janine Peak & Mount Tallac, California
5/6: Nokhu Crags, South, Colorado
5/5: "Black Mountain", Colorado
5/3: Kingston Peak & Pile Hill, Colorado
4/30: "Rain Peak", Colorado
4/29: Baltimore Ridge & Colorado Mountain, Colorado
4/28: Caribou Benchmark & Bald Mountain, Colorado
4/24: Peak 9, Colorado
4/23: Tenmile Peak, Colorado
4/22: Witter Peak, Colorado
4/21: Flat Top Mountain, Colorado
4/19: "Little Bear Mountain", Colorado
4/17: 12567, Colorado
4/16: Robeson Peak, Colorado
4/15: "Southwest Lenawee" aka "Big Lenawee", Colorado
4/14: Red Cone, Colorado
4/12: "South Vasquez Peak", Colorado
4/10: Chittenden Mountain, Colorado
4/9: 12316, Colorado
4/8: "First Corner", Colorado
4/7: "No Name" & "Russell Peak", Colorado
4/5: "Little Hawk", Guinn & Bryan Mountains, Colorado
4/3: Eldorado Mountain, Colorado
4/1: Mineral Mountain, Colorado
3/29: Tennessee Mountain, Colorado
3/25: Mount Machebeuf, Colorado
2015
5/14-25: Mount Logan, Canada
5/9: California Mountain, Colorado
5/2: Mount Bancroft - East Bowl, Colorado
4/26: 11563 - Yoder Gulch, Colorado
4/25: Dragons Egg Rock - Dragons Egg Couloir, Colorado
4/24: "Frosty Mountain" - Frosty Bowl, Colorado
4/20: "Denny's Point" - West Face, Colorado
4/19: "West Deming" - West Face, Colorado
4/18: "Glacier Point" - Equity Chute, Colorado
4/11: "East East Red" - What Big Eyes You Have Couloir, Colorado
4/10: Ganley Mountain - Northeast Gully, Colorado
4/5: "Parent Peak" & Mount Logan, Colorado
4/4: Whale Peak - Northeast Face, Colorado
4/3: Lenawee Mountain - Marjorie Bowl, Colorado
3/30: Bald Mountain - North Face, Colorado
3/29: Red Mountain - East Bowl, Colorado
3/28: "Sneva Peak" - South Couloir, Colorado
3/27: Independence Mountain - South Ridge, Colorado
3/23: "Knob #4" - Rollover -> The Other Way, Colorado
3/22: Hoosier Ridge - North Face, Colorado
3/21: Father Dyer Peak - Herb's Bowl, Colorado
3/19: "The Bulge" - Quickie, Colorado
3/18: "Dream Knob" - Steps, Colorado
3/17: "Knob #1" - Knob #1 Shots, Colorado
3/16: "Goblin Knob" - Powder Pocket, Colorado
3/15: West Glacier Knob, Colorado
3/13-14: "Pipit Peak" & "Margi's Knoll", Colorado
3/8: Saint Vrain Mountain - Rock Creek, Colorado
3/7: Woodland Lake Trail, Colorado
3/1: Jeremy & Lost Snowhoe Bowls, Colorado
2/28: Flattop Mountain - Flattop Mtn Trail, Colorado
1/24: Peak 1 & "Mount Victoria", Colorado
2014
12/17: Braddock Peak, Colorado
6/8: "Drift Peak", Colorado
4/26: Flattop Mountain - Dragons Tail Couloir, Colorado
3/23: Haystack Mountain, Colorado
3/17: Burgess Creek, Colorado
2013
4/17: Tower Peak, Colorado
2011
12/25: Bryan Mountain, Colorado
12/24: Vasquez Peak, Colorado
2010
8/17-20: Gora Elbrus, Russia
3/7: North Twin Cone, "Lunch Rock" & "Vasquez Ridge", Colorado
2/11: Montana Mountain, Fairburn Mountain & Buckeye Mountain, Colorado
1/15: Flat Top Peak, Colorado
1/14: 9660 & Hastings Mesa, Colorado
1/13: Gold Hill & Bald Mountain, Colorado
1/12: 12311 & Whipple Mountain, Colorado
1/11: Last Dollar Mountain & Grayhead, Colorado
2009
12/1: 12386, Colorado
11/18: "The Electrode", Colorado
11/7: "Red Deer Mountain" & Sawtooth Mountain, Colorado
10/31: Mount Mahler, Colorado
7/1: Peak 10, Colorado
6/25: Torreys Peak-Dead Dog Couloir, Colorado
6/23: Apache Peak-Apache Couloir
6/4: Sundance Mountain, Colorado
6/3: Medicine Bow & Browns Peaks, Wyoming
5/5: Parkview Mountain, Colorado
4/28: Mount Richthofen, Colorado
2/22: Richmond Hill, Colorado
1/20: Huntsman Ridge, Huntsman Mountain & 11540, Colorado
1/13: Sand Mountain South, Colorado
1/12: Farwell Mountain, Colorado
2008
12/12: "Hayes Peak", Colorado
10/25: Castle & Conundrum Peaks, Colorado
5/1: Red Slate Mountain, California
4/22: Mount Abbot, California
4/19: University Peak, California
4/18: Mount Dade, California
4/17: Kid Mountain, California
4/13: Mount Humphreys, California
4/11: Mount Tom, California
4/10: East Peak, Nevada
4/5: Star Peak, Nevada
4/3: 8738 & 7820, Nevada
3/28: Charleston Peak, Nevada
3/27: Birch Mountain, California
3/24: Bloody Mountain, California
3/22: Basin Mountain, California
3/21: Mount Starr, California
3/19: "Chickadee Ridge", Nevada
3/18: Sunflower Mountain, Nevada
3/16: Martis Peak, California
3/14: Mount Lola & Sierra County Highpoint, California
3/8: "Pointless Peak", California
3/7: Slide Mountain, Nevada
3/2: Round Top & Red Lake Peak, California
3/1: Pyramid Peak & Thunder Mountain, California
2/18: Twin Peaks, California
2/17: Matterhorn Peak, California
2/16: Freel Peak, California
2/10: Brokeoff Mountain, California
2/9: Lassen Peak, California
2/3: Bloods Ridge & "Corral Ridge", California
2/2: Mount Rose, Nevada
1/20: Mount Lamarck & 13464, California
1/13: Relay Peak, "The Microwave" & Mount Houghton, Nevada
1/12: Snow Valley Peak, Nevada
1/1: Mount Rose, Nevada
2007
12/30: Tamarack Peak, Nevada
12/16: Seven Utes Mountain, Colorado
12/15: Dakota Hill, Colorado
12/9: Pennsylvania Creek, Colorado
12/8: Glacier Mountain, Colorado
12/2: North Diamond Peak Trees, Colorado
12/1: Jones Pass, Colorado
11/24: Wheeler Mountain, Colorado
11/23: Mount Trelease, Colorado
11/22: Jones Pass, Colorado
11/18: Clark Peak, Coorado
11/17: "Mountain Boy Peak", Colorado
11/11: North & South Diamond Peaks, Colorado
11/10: Grays Peak, Colorado
11/4: Morgan Peak, Colorado
11/3: 12660, Colorado
10/28: Montezuma Basin & Independence Mountain, Colorado
7/13-14: Mount Rainier, Washington
6/17: Mount Arkansas & Bartlett Mountain, Colorado
5/21-6/12: Denali, Alaska
5/13: McNamee & Clinton Peaks, Colorado
5/12: Red Peak & "Deming Mountain", Colorado
5/6: Morgan & Santa Fe Peaks, Colorado
5/5: Cameron Pass, Colorado
4/29: Treasure Mountain, Colorado
4/28: Sayres Benchmark, Colorado
4/15: Woods Mountain & Mount Parnassus, Colorado
4/14: Paiute Peak & Mount Toll, Colorado
4/8: Mount Emmons, Colorado
4/7: Augusta Mountain & Mineral Point, Colorado
4/1: Loveland Pass, Colorado
3/31: Loveland Pass & Tiptop Peak, Colorado
3/28: Charles Benchmark & "Prospect Peak", Colorado
3/27: Fools Peak, Charles Benchmark & "Prospect Peak", Colorado
3/26: Charles Benchmark & "Prospect Peak", Colorado
3/18: Pettingell Peak, Colorado
3/17: "Mount Solitude", Colorado
3/11: Cooper & Ruby Mountains & Engelmann Peak, Colorado
3/10: Mounts Argentine & Trelease, Colorado
3/4: Mount Helen, Colorado
3/3: Klondike & Bald Mountains, Colorado
3/1: Bald Mountain, Colorado
2/27: Jenny Lind Gulch, Colorado
2/25: Caribou Hill, Colorado
2/24: Nebraska Hill, Colorado
2/17: Mount Baker, Washington
2/11: Hidden Chutes/Chutes & Ladders, Colorado
2/10: Arapaho Lakes, Colorado
2/4: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
2/3: Chaos Creek, Colorado
1/27: Chutes & Ladders, Colorado
1/21: Pass Benchmark, Mount Glory & Taylor Mountain, WyomingÂ
1/20: Buck Mountain, Wyoming
1/14: Niwot Bowl, Colorado
1/10-12: Jackal Hut, Colorado
1/7: Jenny Lind Gulch, Colorado
1/6: North Star Mountain, Colorado
1/1: Flattop Mountain-North Face, Colorado
2006
12/31: Berthoud Pass, Colorado
12/30: Hippie Trees, Colorado
12/23: Butler Gulch, Colorado
12/21: Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado
12/17: Quandary Peak & Loveland Pass, Colorado
12/16: Ptarmigan & Bottle Peaks
12/10: Purple Mountain, Colorado
12/9: Red Mountain Pass, Colorado
12/3: Loveland Pass, Colorado
12/2: Bald Mountain, Colorado
11/25: Tiptop Peak & Mayflower Gulch, Colorado
11/24: Morgan Peak & Mayflower Gulch, Colorado
11/23: Tiptop & Morgan Peaks, Colorado
11/19: Tiptop & Morgan Peaks, Colorado
11/18: Mayflower Gulch, Colorado
11/15: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
11/12: Morgan Peak, Colorado
11/11: Dry Gulch, Colorado
11/5: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
11/4: Bear Mountain, Colorado
11/3: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
10/29: Tiptop Peak, Colorado
10/28: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
10/27: "Hassell Peak", Colorado
10/26: Berthoud Pass, Colorado
10/22: Berthoud Pass, Colorado
10/21: Colorado Mines Peak, Colorado
10/18: Colorado Mines Peak, Colorado
10/14: Castle Peak, Colorado
9/23: Jones Pass, Colorado
6/11: Star Ridge, Colorado
6/5: Atlantic Peak, Colorado
5/28: Cathedral Peak, Colorado
5/27: "Electric Pass Peak" & Leahy Peak, Colorado
5/21: Mount Lindsey, Iron Nipple & "Huerfano Mountain", Colorado
5/20: Mount Hope & Quail Mountain, Colorado
5/14: Wetterhorn & Uncompahgre Peaks, Colorado
5/13: Crystal Peak-South Face & Pacific Peak - Hawaii Couloirs, Colorado
5/7: Squaretop Mountain, Colorado
5/6: Whitecross Mountain & Handies Peak, Colorado
4/30: Buffalo Mountain, Colorado
4/29: Sunshine & Redcloud Peaks, Colorado
4/23: Hayden Peak, Colorado
4/22: Mount Sneffels, Colorado
4/16: Fletcher Mountain & Quandary Peak, Colorado
4/15: Tiptop Peak, Colorado
4/9: Bald Mountain, Colorado
4/8: Mount Guyot, Colorado
4/2: Morgan Peak, Colorado
3/30-4/1: Janet's Cabin, Colorado
3/29-30: Fowler/Hilliard Hut to Janet's Cabin, Colorado
3/28: Pearl Mountain, "West Pearl Mountain" & Greg Mace Peak, Colorado
3/27: Greg Mace Peak, Colorado
3/26: Whitehouse Mountain, Colorado
3/25: Mount Justice & Marble Peak, Colorado
3/19: Tiptop Peak, Colorado
3/18: Mount Sniktau & Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
3/5: "Golden Bear Peak" & "The Citadel", Colorado
3/4: Harrison Creek, Colorado
2/25: Stanley Mountain, Colorado
2/19: Hippie Trees, Colorado
2/18: Twin Cones, Colorado
2/12: Jacque Peak, Colorado
2/11: Saint Vrain Mountain - St Vrain Mountain Trail, Colorado
2/5: Mayflower Hill, Colorado
1/30: Grand Mesa, Colorado
1/22: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
1/21: Mount Trelease, Colorado
1/16: Meadow Mountain, Colorado
1/15: Marble Peak, Colorado
1/14: "Bears Point", Colorado
1/11-13: Vance's Cabin, Colorado
1/8: Nebraska Hill, Colorado
1/7: James Peak, Colorado
2005
12/24: Lost Lake Chutes, Colorado
12/18: 670 Alpine Road, Dillon, Colorado
12/17: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
12/16: Trelease Ridge, Colorado
12/11: Mayflower Hill, Colorado
12/10: Trelease Ridge, Colorado
12/9: "Hassell Peak", Colorado
12/4: Loveland Pass, Colorado
12/2: East Portal, Colorado
11/27: Loveland Pass, Colorado
11/26: Baker Mountain, Colorado
11/24: Mayflower Gulch, Colorado
11/20: Uneva Peak, Colorado
11/19: Mount Trelease Trees, Colorado
11/14: Loveland Pass, Colorado
11/13: Vail Pass, Colorado
11/12: Quandary Peak, Colorado
11/6: Dry Gulch, Colorado
11/5: Colorado Mines Peak, Colorado
11/4: Jones Pass, Colorado
10/29: Jones Pass, Colorado
10/23: "Russell Peak", Colorado
10/22: Jones Pass, Colorado
10/19: Loveland Pass, Colorado
10/16: Colorado Mines Peak, Colorado
10/15: Loveland Pass, Colorado
10/12: Jones Pass, Colorado
7/9: Mount Dana, California
6/19: Split Mountain, California
6/12: Mount Langley, California
6/4: Mount Shasta, California
5/29: Cirque Peak, California
5/28: Mount Whitney, California
4/23-4: Dry Gulch, Colorado
4/16: Coon Hill, Colorado
4/6-8 Tagert & Green-Wilson Huts, Colorado
3/21-22: Hill Seventyone, Slumgullion Benchmark & 71 Mountain, Colorado
3/19-20: AIARE Level 2 Avalanche Course, Colorado
1/5-7: Francie's Cabin, Colorado
2004
12/21: East Portal, Colorado
12/11: Berthoud Pass, Colorado
11/27: Guanella Pass, Colorado
11/26: Ruby Creek, Colorado
11/18: Berthoud Pass, Colorado
11/13: Dry Gulch, Colorado
11/7: Jones Pass, Colorado
10/31: Jones Pass, Colorado
10/30: Trelease Ridge, Colorado
10/22: Loveland Pass, Colorado
9/12: King Lake Bowl, Colorado
8/7: Apache Peak-Queen's Way, Colorado
7/5: Forest Lake Bowl, Colorado
6/27: South Arapaho Peak-Skywalker Couloir, Colorado
6/20: Mount Democrat-West Face, Colorado
6/6: Torreys Peak-Emperor Couloir, Colorado
5/23: "Radiobeacon Mountain", Colorado
5/16: Coon Hill, Colorado
5/15: Hallet Peak-Elevator Shaft Couloir aka Chaos Couloir aka Hallet's Hallway, Colorado
5/2: "The Citadel", Colorado
4/11: Flattop Mountain-Corral Couloir, Colorado
4/10: Loveland Pass, Colorado
2003
12/19-21: Rocky Mountain National Park Traverse, Colorado
5/31: "Radiobeacon Mountain", Colorado
5/24-6: "Castleabra", Colorado
4/12: Quandary Peak-East Ridge, Colorado
3/25-27: Upper Montgomery Pass Yurt, Colorado
1/11-12: AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course, Colorado
2002
12/14-15: Geneva Basin, Colorado
Tuckerman Ravine, New Hampshire
2001
Snake River Range, Wyoming
2000
Tuckerman Ravine, New Hampshire