mt evans attempt for tommorrow...CO maggots?

[Evil E]

yesterday the road was closed to the mt evans summit due to snowfall. I have never seen so much rain and moisture in the front range. I need to see whats up at the higher elevations. Anyone want to join me for a ride tommorrow and possibly some nice snow up high?

chime in and lets plan it...could be gooooood.

[INDY GS]

Fresh Snowfall at the end of June.

Abundant Rain in the Frontrange.

Earthquake in Illinois last night.

Earthquake in AK last night.

Is the apocolypse here, or just freakin' wierd weather?


I'd love to ski Evans, but 1100 miles seperate me and wonderful sweet summer snow.

Have fun.

[Hacksaw]

SheRa and I skied the "Top Gun Couloir" above Summit Lake last Thursday. She might post a TR, once she's back from her latest roadtrip. Any way, we had a lot of fun, and the snow was fairly good. There is still some worthwhile lines to ski on Evans. The new snow from yesterday should help keep the existing snow ski able.
Cheers,
Halsted

[Z]

what are the hikes like nowadays to get to some decent skiing??

how much vert, etc?

[Yossarian]

I could maybe possibly do something up high somewhere on Wed...

[Hacksaw]

We hiked about 500 vertical to get to the base of the snow. Then we hiked up 1,050 vertical in the couloir. But, you can drive to the summit parking and do a car shuttle thing. But, we didn't have 2 cars.
Cheers,
Halsted

[wookalar]

Anyone up for going Wed?

[summit]

I wish I could hit that. I'm getting all taught on how to fix broken people and such. Maybe this Saturday?

[p-tex]

BIKE FORUM; BIKE FORUM...........

oh wait, you're talking about skiing it

Have fun - wish I could go.

[Hacksaw]

Well, you could bike to the summit of Evans......

But, it might be a bitch skiing down with a bike on your back....

Cheers,
Halsted

[Plakespear]

Originally posted by p-tex
BIKE FORUM; BIKE FORUM...........

oh wait, you're talking about skiing it

Have fun - wish I could go.

I thought this was about the Bob Cook Memorial HC too.
http://www.bicyclerace.com/bob2.jpg

[shera]

Has this trip gone down?

I am wanting to get back to Evans soon.

[Z]

so from what i understand, there is a road that goes way up high to Mt. Evans???....if the hike isnt bad, and my sea level lungs can take it....im so in

[shera]

Yeah, all the way to the top.

PM me tonight if you want to go tomorrow morning. I was thinking of going to Rollins Pass, but heard that it's already gone. Doesn't make sense because it was skied last August, but I dunno. Anybody seen it recently?

[Z]

whoa whoa whoa hold the phone.....so there is a road all the way to the top? so we could actually set up a shuttle??

like just get out of the car and ski down?

[shera]

Originally posted by Z
whoa whoa whoa hold the phone.....so there is a road all the way to the top? so we could actually set up a shuttle??

like just get out of the car and ski down?

Earlier in the season, yes. I haven't dropped in from the top, but I think Halsted said there'd be some downclimbing, like at A Basin. The terrain looks very nice though:
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...01%20View1.jpg

The big run that will be good right now is a traverse and a little downhill from the top. I did it last year and it was reallly easy to get to:
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...03%20View3.jpg

Then you hike around the lake to get to the parking lot at the bottom. No elevation gain there either.

I was mistaken about what I heard about Rollins Pass and it should be skiable. The weather is cloudy outside here in Blue River this morning, but I'm going to drive over there in a bit anyway. Maybe I'll get lucky and get to ski, but I'm going to look at it in any case.

[snowave]

I was wondering..has anyone ever done Mt. Massive? I seem to remember back when I lived in Leadville for a time, that Massive looked like alot of fun if you could get up there without killing yourself.

Sorry to hijack..