Comments on: Mount Raoul — 2nd Time is the Charm

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:46:45 +0000

Andre, for a first you’d have to be nude AND wearing snowler blades. Sorry about that.

By: Andre Wille

Andre Wille — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:39 +0000

A number of Team Q members emeritus (T. Moore, P. Wille and myself) were recently spotted with the next gen Q kids extreme skiing from very near the summit of a noteworthy Colorado peak (Grand Mesa) after a three day enforced bivouac of brew and chili. Snow coverage was thin but sufficient for good kick with Rode blue and Elmers glue.

Jared, that was an excellent trip when we all skied Sopris that Spring many moons ago. Thanks for the memories. Get stoked for another winter in the wonderland of peaks…..

I guess I will have to go check out the skiing on this remote Mount Raoul, is it too late to bag the first nude winter descent?

By: Todd Stone

Todd Stone — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:57:17 +0000

Team Quasimoto.

Wow, that brings back some memories!

By: Jared Hargrave

Jared Hargrave — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:52:42 +0000

Andre Willie taught science at Basalt High School when I was there in the early ’90′s, and he led outdoor trips such as when we skied Mount Sopris one spring.

If memory serves me well, Raoul and Pierre met us all at camp near Thomas Lakes and made cheesecake on a camp stove. The next day, I was amazed at how fast they billy-goated up to the top of Sopris like it was no big deal.

For my first time skiing in the backcountry, seeing that left a big impresssion on me. I graduated in ’95 and never heard that Raoul had died in ’98 until reading this. That’s huge and the fact that a mountain in Aspen is now named for him is really awesome.

Thanks for posting.

By: CCD

CCD — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:21:13 +0000

For all I know and can remember, you may have been there, too.
Suffice it to say, at midnight in the mountains, any dip in the lake is more like a very quick in and out, without much swimming around. good times…