{"id":419450,"date":"2016-02-25T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=419450"},"modified":"2016-02-25T20:29:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T03:29:12","slug":"tr-huntsman-ridge-6-feb-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/tr-huntsman-ridge-6-feb-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Backcountry Skiing on Huntsman Ridge (6 Feb 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After skiing backcountry near Aspen the day before, we connected with our friend Ann Driggers, and did some exploring on Huntsman Ridge.  We did not know much about the area.  But, I can tell you, I&#8217;d happily go back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7009skintrack.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Huntsman Ridge Skin Track\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We skinned for awhile in a beautiful aspen forest, only to emerge onto the ridge to gaze upon some fantastic views.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/Pic1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" alt=\"Views from Hunstman Ridge\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our playground for the day.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/Pic2.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Huntsman Ridge backcountry skiing.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More scenic skinning.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/Pic3.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Views from Huntsman Ridge backcountry skiing.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/Pic4.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Views from Huntsman Ridge backcountry skiing.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hard not to admire Chair from here.  Let&#8217;s ski that!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7014Chair.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"View of Chair from Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking over toward Yule Pass, the backside of Crested Butte.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7022OtherSideofCB.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Yule Pass\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now for the skiing part.  Ann.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/Pic5.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Ann Driggers backcountry skiing on Huntsman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7108Ann.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"680\" alt=\"A\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7110beta_AnnHunstman.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"619\" alt=\"A\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7081beta_AnnHunstman.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/Pic6.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Huntsman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brittany.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7129brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing on Huntsman Ridge \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7040Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" alt=\"b\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7124brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7126brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"605\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Skinning back up for another lap.  Ann&#8217;s in her happy place!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5628Ann.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Ann Driggers backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lap 2.  Ann.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5649Annski.jpg\" width=\"697\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Ann Driggers backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5687frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"765\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5745frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brittany.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_7158brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lap 3 probably provided the most amazing views.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5777viewamazing.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5783frankskin.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing on Hunstman Ridge.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our last lap took us back to the car, where we enjoyed an amazing sunset on the way home!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/huntsmanridge_6feb2016\/IMG_5789sunset.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" alt=\"Sunset on the Raggeds. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your winter plans have you heading over McClure Pass, Huntsman Ridge is worth the stop!  Check it out!<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=1430&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After skiing backcountry near Aspen the day before, we connected with our friend Ann Driggers, and did some exploring on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-fourteeners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419450"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419537,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419450\/revisions\/419537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}