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  1. #1
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    TR: South Maroon Peak, 14,156', East Face Route 5.28.07

    Yesterday we skied the East Face Couloirs and East Face Route on South Maroon. This is the line that Chris Davenport skied during his project.



    The show got going at 12:30am when we left the car at Maroon Lake and started hiking in sneakers up to Crater Lake. Just past Crater Lake we switched to boots and started kicking steps up the apron and into the "Garbage Chute," a deep cleft in the first cliff band. In the Garbage Chute we could hear water raging under the snow and in a few spots could look down into little crevaces to see ice, rocks and running water. Lucky for us, the snow was pretty hard.

    Once we cleared the Garbage Chute, the snow got even harder and we made our way up to the "Y" and chose the right of the two couloirs. It was still pretty dark when we got to where the East Face Route joins the main couloir but we could at least see that there was snow in it. We continued up the main couloir to where it joins the ridge.

    Sunrise at the col atop the right couloir. The West Face of Thunder Pyramid is in the background.




    Yes, this guy has a buzz on. He is also wearing a kilt. Every time I asked him why he was wearing a kilt, he told me that if I asked him again he was going to kick my ass.


    Kiltman booting up the ridge.


    "Cold?!?! Naaaaa, my legs are just fine."


    Almost at the false summit. The snow was sparse on the ridge but we could see a way to connect the skiing through a series of cliff bands and traverses on the south face that would take us back to the col.


    Pyramid and Thunder Pyramid from the summit. 6:30 am


    Snowmass(left) and Capitol.


    After some debate, we concluded that heading down into the (somewhat)unknown would be much more "fun" than skiing off the south side and traversing around cliffs and rocks only to have to boot back up several hundred feet to the col at the top of the right couloir.

    Looking down the line off the summit. We made a hard left after the rocks and hit the couloir at its' top.


    Looking past Kiltman at the summit. A little gripping here as you traverse above a big cliff.


    Same guy, photo taken from below.


    Nice and steep here.


    On our way down the narrow East Face Route. It pretty much just goes straight down and joins the main (right) couloir.


    Lucky for us , the snow stayed nice and hard.


    There's nothing like a few runnels to make the skiing more fun.


    Joining back up with the right couloir.


    Looking up at the "Y" from above the Garbage Chute. The East Face Route is not in view but it joins the right couloir at the dogleg. We had plenty of runnels and avalanche debris to make the skiing more challenging, then hit this patch of nice snow.




    Kiltman is happy because he's now skied all three of the Bells.


    Heading into the Garbage Chute, Crater Lake below.


    We arrived at the bottom of the apron at 8:00. Looking up the Bell Cord Couloir from the apron.


    On the way out, a view of the North Face of Pyramid.


    We made it back to the car at 9:30. We had great weather and skied a great line on an awesome peak. There was plenty of snow(for this time of year), but the one problem was that the snow was in pretty bad shape, mostly due to runnels and avalanche debris.

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    FKNA still killing it. Thanks for the TR, gotta love the bells, thats a big line for sure.

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    Nice TR, still getting turns late into the biking season...

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    Extreme kilt-lifting! Sweet TR.

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    Solid, unlike the bells. Great work.
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    Thumbs up

    Nice line.

    Though the debris and runnels don't make me envious at all, looks like difficult skiing at best.

    Nor would booting up behind Kiltman.

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    That is some stellar work
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    well played.
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    Thumbs up

    A kilt... that's freaking funny.
    So what's the story behind that? Did he ever tell you?
    (I would not wanna slide down an ice patch like that)

    Looks more like survival skiing, but a great line nonetheless.

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    fucking sweet - way to kill it!
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    Most excellent boys - That one dude looks like Fred Beckey!

    The kilt is priceless.

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    This makes me happy!

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    Awesome work, sick lines abound in that region for sure. Things are looking pretty cooked in that region.

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    Kickass TR, Ivana! Kiltman looks like maggot material.

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    Outstanding.
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    Wow, climbing and skiing burly lines in kilts = so hot right now.

    I'm surprised that line still goes, although I'm also surprised how much everything else has melted out already.

    Solid work.
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    Nice job, and excellent photos (despite the under-kilt view). It looks like Aspen's got the same ugly orange-dust layer as the front range.
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    Nasty!...

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    Thumbs up

    Great route
    Great photos
    Yucky snow

    Way to get at it early, early.

    I'd really like to do it if the snow were smooth.

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    Sweet line on a sweet mountain, too bad the snow seems so worked. I think the San Juans are the place to be right now based on what we saw there last weekend compared to what the Elks look like.

    Sweet TR, and I also want to hear the story of the kilt.

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    Damn nice work. Snow looks nasty compared to the san juans. way to get it done in less than ideal snow.
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    Wow Ivana! Great job on that one! You finally got it! And you went with a kilt man to boot! The pic of him skiing on the super steep slope is freaking hilarious!
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    good shit

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    Thumbs up

    Very nice effort!

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