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Early Season Colorado Backcountry Skiing

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This came over the transom a few days ago, from Ted Mahon. He and a friend nailed a beautiful backcountry skiing descent of the Snake Couloir on Mount Sneffels, a Colorado fourteener in the San Juan mountains. Nice job boys!

According to Ted: “Dogleg couloir (aka Snake) on north side of Mt. Sneffels Nov. 7 with Kevin Dunnett. Kind of tight at the pinch but still a ski length wide, easy rappell from the summit into couloir, snow was good, kind of deep in parts, made for some tough trailbreaking. About 6 hours up. We heard about it being skiable from Skyward Mountaineering”

Early season Colorado backcountry skiing
Backcountry skiing on Mount Sneffels, Colorado.

Posted by Lou on November 12, 2005 | Filed Under Fourteeners, Trip Reports 

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