Continuing an unintended streak of skiing every month this year, it was time to venture into the Indian Peaks. From Lake Isabelle, looking west.
Apache Couloir is the Y-shaped one in the center with its right hand reaching up to touch the upper snowfield. It looks doable, no?
Starting the ascent of the couloir...
...and at the summit of the snowfield (13,000 feet) and too tired to bother with the summit of Apache.
Despite downclimbing a hundred feet or so between the snowfield and the couloir proper, the skiing was excellent. August should be even better.
Continuing an unintended streak of skiing every month this year, it was time to venture into the Indian Peaks. From Lake Isabelle, looking west.
Apache Couloir is the Y-shaped one in the center with its right hand reaching up to touch the upper snowfield. It looks doable, no?
Starting the ascent of the couloir...
...and at the summit of the snowfield (13,000 feet) and too tired to bother with the summit of Apache.
Despite downclimbing a hundred feet or so between the snowfield and the couloir proper, the skiing was excellent. August should be even better.
Nice work! I'd been spying that one myself as a potential late season opportunity.
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