{"id":421798,"date":"2016-06-27T20:39:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T02:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=421798"},"modified":"2016-08-14T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T16:58:41","slug":"tr-emma-burr-mountain-10-june-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/tr-emma-burr-mountain-10-june-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Emma Burr Mountain (10 June 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skiing in late spring can be incredibly fun &#8211; especially because access can become much easier.  Suddenly, a peak that is tucked miles and miles away up valley during winter might become nearly effortless to access as dirt roads melt out.  Once such example is Emma Burr Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, that&#8217;s right Emma Burr Mountain.  Most of you have probably never heard of it.  No, it&#8217;s not this huge ski mountaineering destination.  But, tucked away in the middle of the Sawatch Range, Emma Burr Mountain can hold its own.  We certainly had some fun skiing there.  And admittedly, it bears the same first name as one of my grandmothers, so I took an instant liking to it.<br \/>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_0096EmmaBurr.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Burr Mountain has some great options for backcountry skiers!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Natalie and I met the night before and camped up the road past Cottonwood Lake.  We went for a moderate alpine start.<\/p>\n<p>Yep.  Me with Emma Burr behind.  And, oh yeah, a toad crossing sign!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_062800Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" alt=\"Brittany Walker Konsella backcountry skiing on Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for us to reach the head of the valley and begin ascending the slopes of Emma Burr.  Natalie.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9379Natalie.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Natalie Moran backcountry skiing on Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9385NatalieClimb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9390Natalie.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once we reached the ridge, we had some talus hopping to do.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9405natalieClimb.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We made friends with this ptarmigan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9391ptarmigan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" alt=\"Ptarmigan on Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearing the summit.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9409NatalieClimb.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And some scrambling was needed to reach the top.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_092319Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" alt=\"Climbing Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed some leisurely time on the summit of Emma Burr Mountain.  Me checking the GPS on my phone &#8211; I use the Gaia app.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_084944Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella on the summit of Emma Burr.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Girls on top!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9428GirlsOnTop.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Natalie Moran and Brittany Konsella on the summit of Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking down valley at our exit route.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9423Valley.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Views from the summit of Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And another one looking toward Crested Butte, a couple green valleys away.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9432TowardCrestedButte.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Views from the summit of Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We downclimbed about 100 feet from the summit to reach the snow and skied the line slightly looker&#8217;s right of the summit.  But, the skiing was definitely good!  Me.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_101909Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" alt=\"Brittany Walker Konsella backcountry skiing on Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_102454Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"511\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_102459Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_102507Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_102510Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_102845Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" alt=\"B\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Natalie.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9593Natalie.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" alt=\"Natalie Moran backcountry skiing on Emma Burr Mountain.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9688Natalie.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"596\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9712Natalie.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9726Natalie.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_9891Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"N\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another look at Emma Burr Mountain as we descended.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/IMG_0106EmmaBurr.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Emma Burr Mountain\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we were able to ski pretty much all the way back to our car&#8230;. well, if you can call this skiing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/EmmaBurr_10June2016\/20160610_113121Willows.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" alt=\"Brittany Walker Konsella bashing willows with skis.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for something different to ski in late spring and even into early summer, you might wanna check out Emma Burr.  It&#8217;s a fun mountain!<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=319733&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skiing in late spring can be incredibly fun &#8211; especially because access can become much easier.  Suddenly, a peak that is tucked miles and miles away up valley during winter might become nearly effortless to access as dirt roads melt out.  Once such example is Emma Burr Mountain.  Yep, that&#8217;s right Emma Burr Mountain.  Most of you have probably never heard of it.  No, it&#8217;s not this huge ski mountaineering destination.  But, tucked away in the middle of the Sawatch Range, Emma Burr Mountain can hold its own.  We certainly had some fun skiing there&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421798","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=421798"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422245,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421798\/revisions\/422245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}