{"id":421390,"date":"2016-06-05T15:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T21:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=421390"},"modified":"2016-06-05T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T21:29:19","slug":"tr-skiing-red-peak-gore-range-22-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/tr-skiing-red-peak-gore-range-22-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Skiing Big Bad Wolf &#8211; Red Peak &#8211; Gore Range (22 May 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Peak B is one of the more iconic summits of the Gore Range.  Standing at 13,189 feet in elevation, it is the 9th highest mountain in the Gore Range.  The name &#8220;Red Peak&#8221; is the foundation of a theme of lines that are in the area based on Little Red Riding Hood.  Many are familiar with &#8220;What Big Eyes You Have&#8221;.  But, Red Peak harbors a couloir called &#8220;Big Bad Wolf&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On our approach, we caught a good view of &#8220;Big Eyes&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5420BigEyes.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"What Big Eyes You Have in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But we were headed beyond that, up to Red Peak.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5427RedPeak.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Red Peak in the Gore Range. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The valley was full of line after line that would make for wonderful couloir skiing.  Larry passing by Willow Lakes on his way to Red Peak.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5431SkinningToRedPeak.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p>After skinning our way up the apron, we booted right up the Big Bad Wolf couloir.  Larry below.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5462LarryClimb.jpg\" width=\"698\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5467LarryClimb.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big Bad Wolf got steepest near the top.  Larry rounding his way up the steep part to the ridge.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5489LarryClimb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once we reached the ridge, it was another couple hundred vertical feet up to the summit.  Me on the summit.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/20160522_135446BrittanySummit.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella on the summit of Red Peak in the Gore Range. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then it was time to ski!  Larry entering the steepest part of Big Bad Wolf.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5544Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5568Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5703Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lower down&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5830Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5844Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5868Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5902Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few shots of me.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/20160522_144012-1Brittany.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/20160522_144015Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/20160522_144023Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More of Larry.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_5982Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_6039Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_6061Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_6081Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Larry Fontaine backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We love it.  Big Bad Wolf is one badass line for sure.  Looking back at our tracks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/RedPeak_22May2016\/IMG_6118_shotofline.jpg\" width=\"657\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Big Bad Wolf on Red Peak in the Gore Range. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then made our way out the drainage and back to the trails to land ourselves back at the Willowbrook Trailhead.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Bad Wolf is a fun line.  What Big Eyes You Have has gained a huge popularity, but consider this line on Red Peak as a lesser traveled alternative.  You will not be disappointed \ud83d\ude42  The Big Bad Wolf should become a must-hit on your list for the Gore Range!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Peak B is one of the more iconic summits of the Gore Range. Standing at 13,189 feet in elevation,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-gore-range"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421390","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=421390"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421432,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421390\/revisions\/421432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}