All of the photos in this post were taken by Parker Yost When Mark and I got done with the Colorado Trail last spring, we were looking forward to spending some time with our friends who we hadn’t gotten to see much over the previous month. Mark had been back to work in Aspen for a week when we decided to take advantage of the remaining snowpack to go ski mountaineering with our friend Parker. The Pearl couloir is a dramatic ski line off of Cathedral Peak near Aspen; accessible and aesthetic, it makes for a popular objective and seemed READ MORE
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Twelve hours and a midnight start: Skiing Mt. Daly
Date: May 23, 2020 Distance: approx. 14 miles round trip Elevation Gain: approx. 5000′ Trailhead: Snowmass Creek Mark had set his sights on mountain biking and all but put away his ski boots when Parker called us with a flash of inspiration: ski Mt. Daly. I was working in Aspen for a couple months before I started thru-hiking the CDT, so all of us were in the Roaring Fork valley making the adjacent peak a perfect objective. Mark and Parker had surely spent many a day gazing at the face of Mt. Daly which stands out even against the backdrop READ MORE