Indian Peaks Conditions?

**daver** · 06-17-2012, 03:07 PM

i heard rollins was open from the rollinsville side

**nrd** · 06-18-2012, 08:44 AM

Yep, we linked Forest Lakes Bowl (500' going quick), Challenger Glacier (good for 400' of steep and 400' of apron), and Skyscraper Glacier (600' to Bob Lake). Hero corn, fun climbing, and wiiiindy.

My buddy's black soft shell jacket liberated itself about 100' below the top of Skyscraper. If anyone snags it PM me for beer.

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**Mike_Records** · 06-18-2012, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by nrd

Yep, we linked Forest Lakes Bowl (500' going quick), Challenger Glacier (good for 400' of steep and 400' of apron), and Skyscraper Glacier (600' to Bob Lake). Hero corn, fun climbing, and wiiiindy.

My buddy's black soft shell jacket liberated itself about 100' below the top of Skyscraper. If anyone snags it PM me for beer.

Awesome! Which one is pictured?

**SILENCER** · 06-18-2012, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_Records

Awesome! Which one is pictured?

That's Skyscraper.

Better coverage than I would have thought after this past "season".

FYI...hit Sunrise Couloir on Evans on Saturday. Still skiable, but the runnels are getting fun. We dropped right as thunder cracked as we were pelted with graupel-ly THUNDERSNOW (I just wanted an excuse to type out that awesome word, hahah)!!!

THUNDERSNOW!!!

**TransplantedFromRMNP** · 06-18-2012, 04:48 PM

best thread on the boards, thanks for the recon pics! hoping to make it there sat/sun...

**Mike_Records** · 06-19-2012, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by SILENCER

That's Skyscraper.

Better coverage than I would have thought after this past "season".

Crazy, totally didn't recognize it with the lookers right half missing.

**SILENCER** · 06-19-2012, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by Mike_Records

Crazy, totally didn't recognize it with the lookers right half missing.

That's funny. I guess I pretty much only go there in late summer...so that lookers right part is pretty much always gone when we're there, haha. On the main pitch it looks like there isn't quite the 10' mandatory entrance shelf that seems to be always there either, looks like a smooth entrance skiers left. Git sum!

Of course by the time I get out there the shelf will be back, it's just how that works....

**nrd** · 06-23-2012, 04:56 PM

beta pano of my next IPWA mission, taken last Saturday 6/16/2012

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**COinIA** · 06-24-2012, 06:20 PM

The nice looking coolie lookers right of the middle of that picture is....?

**skiingislife** · 06-24-2012, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by COinIA

The nice looking coolie lookers right of the middle of that picture is....?

Gone by now.

Edit: I figured that if I'm going to be a smartass I might as well provide a little stoke. nrd, I was the one hollerin at you from the other side of the lake when you got to the bottom of skyscraper. Good day but CRAZY windy. I don't think I've ever gotten second tracks (in the summer) down it before. Super smooth. Now that it's getting some traffic I'm sure it's getting rough.

**nrd** · 06-25-2012, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by skiingislife

Gone by now.

Edit: I figured that if I'm going to be a smartass I might as well provide a little stoke. nrd, I was the one hollerin at you from the other side of the lake when you got to the bottom of skyscraper. Good day but CRAZY windy. I don't think I've ever gotten second tracks (in the summer) down it before. Super smooth. Now that it's getting some traffic I'm sure it's getting rough.

Ha, thanks for the w00t and stoke. When I saw your tracks I thought, douche or photog. Glad it's the latter.

That coulie in the pic has been referred to as #5. #1 and #2 (also visible) are "named" and year-round. Got a permit for camping there this Sat and Sun and prob have a few open spots..

One more crappy zoomed and over saturated pic from Rollins:

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**skiingislife** · 06-25-2012, 10:16 PM

^My tracks were the ones on the skiers left along the rocks. Another person in our group was the one shooting photos off the top, making the 'douche' tracks

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**nrd** · 07-03-2012, 03:12 PM

Envy Glacier, IPWA, 7/1/2012

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**daver** · 08-06-2012, 08:01 AM

git some! from 8/3

**Mike_Records** · 08-07-2012, 09:54 PM

Passed Skyscraper on our Nederland -> Winter Park -> Boulder ride last week:

**Danno** · 08-07-2012, 10:25 PM

Damn, your ride report is awesome. That's a hardcore ride!

**SILENCER** · 08-10-2012, 09:06 AM

We skied it this past Saturday AM. Pretty low snow. As you can see in Mike's pic you can't ski to the lake. Pretty dirty and rock strewn too. Lots of rock fall during our ski too. In fact...a 50/60lb rock flew past my buddy's shin doing mach looney SNAPPING HIS POLE COMPLETELY IN TWO. That freaked us out pretty bad.

Good news is there is no mandatory air/downclimb/sketchmo entrance this year, nicely rounded.

I love skiing!

Originally Posted by Mike_Records

Passed Skyscraper on our Nederland -> Winter Park -> Boulder ride last week: