Italy Envy – Colorado Lines on South Maroon Peak
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| After that excellent Italy guest blog from Romeo I’m suffering from Euro envy. Antidote, dig out a photo of a favorite Colorado fourteener and draw some route lines on it. A- original east couloir on South Maroon Peak(IV D11 R2) , first skied in 1970s, first from summit in 1980. B- alternate east couloir, 1970s. C- East Face route, first descent by Rex Wherman around 1996 (IV D16 R3). D- Stammberger/Pokress winter climbing route, no known ski descent. E- Bell Cord Couloir (IV D14 R2), usually skied from saddle. F- summer climbing route for North Maroon, not a ski route. G- North Maroon North Face classic ski route (IV D15 R3). “Garbage Chute” access route is the fisure at lower left (D-5). There are at least three other major ski routes on terrain not shown in the photo. Thanks goes to Peter Kelley for the photo, check out his website: Real-Estate-Aspen.com. |
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I’ll bet the Stammberger/Pokress route would have been a Hans Saari temptation. He seemed to look for routes like that.
Mark
“D” has a ski desescent. Rex skied it 10 years ago. Didn’t go down quite as far as your route shows. Cuts to the Bell Cord a little higher.
Cool picture and route description of the belles. Rumor has it that you had beta on your website for a skiable line off of capitol peak from the summit. Could you post it again?
p.s. Love the advertisement for the girl asking the question “Could I get paid to ski?” Thanks for the great web site!
Where’s the Tram Lou???
Lou, do the bells really ring?
The Bells have the best lines! We are lucky to have such amazing peaks here. G must have some big drops in it. Or do you just pick and choose.
Pat, G is actually the North Face route, mostly out of the photo. The stuff directly down from G is mostly cliffs, I’m not sure if there is a possible ski line in there, perhaps during an amazing snow year when the whole mountain is caked…