Table of Contents
Foreword viii
Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1
Colorado Backcountry Skiing 1
Difficulty Ratings 3
Gear 4
Avalanche Safety 14
Group Dynamics 17
Skiing Skills 18
Leave No Trace 19
Finding Your Way 19
Map Legend 22
Front Range 23
1 Bald Mountain-Northeast Couloirs (aka Baldy Chutes) 25
2 Torreys Peak-The Emperor 29
3 Notchtop Mountain-Notchtop Couloir 33
4 "The Citadel"-Northeast Chute (aka Snoopy's Backside Chute) 38
5 Mount Meeker-Dragon Egg Couloir 43
6 Pikes Peak-Y-Couloir 49
7 Mount Edwards-North Face Couloirs 54
8 Longs Peak-Keplinger's Couloir 58
9 Mount Chiquita-Banana Couloir 63
10 Torreys Peak-East Face Direct 69
Gore Range 73
11 Bald Mountain-South Face 75
12 Red Peak B-Southeast Face 80
13 Buffalo Mountain-Silver Couloir 84
14 Mount Powell-South and East Couloirs 89
15 East East Red-What Big Eyes You Have Couloir 96
16 Deming Mountain-Deming Drop 102
Tenmile/Mosquito Range 107
17 Quandary Peak-East Face 109
18 Crystal Peak-East Face 114
19 Peak 10-4th of July Bowl 119
20 Atlantic Peak-East Face Couloir (aka V Couloir) 123
21 "Drift Peak"-Northwest Face 128
22 Wheeler Mountain-Northeast Face 132
23 Mount Arkansas-Moonshine Couloir 137
Sawatch Range 142
24 East Geissler and West Geissler Mountains: East Geissler-South Face; West Geissler-East Face 144
25 Mount Elbert-Box Creek Chutes 148
26 Mount Aetna-Grand Couloir 153
27 Grizzly Peak A-North Couloir (aka Grizzly Couloir) 158
28 Mount Hope-Hopeful Couloir 163
29 Cronin Peak-Northeast Face 169
30 Sayres Benchmark-North Face Couloirs (X-Rated and Grand Central Couloirs) 175
31 Savage Peak-Savage Couloir 180
32 Mount of the Holy Cross-Cross Couloir 185
33 Huron Peak-East Face 191
34 Ice Mountain-Refrigerator Couloir 196
Sangre de Cristo Range 200
35 Horn Peak-East Face 202
36 Mount Lindsey-North Couloir 207
37 Little Bear Peak-Hourglass Couloir 212
Elk Range 217
38 Snowmass Mountain-East Face 219
39 Mount Sopris-Thomas Lakes Bowl 223
40 Castle Peak-North Face Couloir 227
41 Cathedral Peak-East Face/Couloir 232
42 North Maroon Peak-North Face (aka Stammberger Ledges) 236
San Juan Range 241
43 San Luis Peak-West Face Couloirs (aka Yawner Gullies) 243
44 American Peak-North Face Couloirs 248
45 GrandTurk and Sultan Mountains-Northern Aspects 252
46 Potosi Peak-North Couloir 258
47 Stony Mountain-Northwest Couloir 263
48 Windom Peak-Widowmaker Couloir 267
49 Snowdon Peak-Naked Lady Couloir 272
50 Mount Sneffels-South Face (aka Birthday Chutes) 276
51 San Joaquin Ridge-San Joaquin Couloir 280
52 El Diente Peak-Luttrell Line 285
Appendix A Gear Shops 293
Appendix B Restaurants 295
Index 301
About the Authors 302
