{"id":4243,"date":"2008-04-22T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2012-11-17T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T22:23:54","slug":"star-peak-4-22-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/star-peak-4-22-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Peak 4-22-08"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe it’s taken my this long to climb or ski Star Peak (13,521′). It’s been on my to-do list, as it is very visible from hwy 135 south of Crested Butte:<\/p>\n

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After a long snowmobile ride up Cement creek, we parked the snowmobiles here: <\/p>\n

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In other words, our sleds were in the saddle on the left in this photo:<\/p>\n

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Not bad access, eh? Anyway, we traversed and skinned our way to the base of the East face, and then booted right up it:<\/p>\n

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From the summit, we had great views of Teocalli:<\/p>\n

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and the East face of Castle:<\/p>\n

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and Cathedral:<\/p>\n

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We waited on top for a while, waiting for things to soften up on the SW face, which is the face most visible from Crested Butte and the one we wanted to ski. Pete did some bowling, <\/p>\n

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and discovered that the face wasn’t even starting to thaw. So we decided to double down and ski the E face first, and then come back for the SW face a little later. Pete drops in:<\/p>\n

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The corn was perfect, something that has been a rarity in this snow-filled season. We made a quick traverse and headed up the N ridge. <\/p>\n

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We were distinctly aware of how close we were to Aspen at this point. Ashcroft is in the valley top center.<\/p>\n

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The SW slopes were ready by the time we summited again, so Pete dropped in for seconds:<\/p>\n

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The little dot would be Pete, exiting the route:<\/p>\n

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We still needed to get back to the sleds, but the N face of Crystal Peak (12,777′) looked so good, we decided to go for desert. Pete:<\/p>\n

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Looking back at Star, we had a great view of our lines on the right (E) and left (SW)<\/p>\n

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Pete gets first tracks again:<\/p>\n

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See this sign:<\/p>\n

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That would be this sign:<\/p>\n

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Just thought I would point that out- one of the main reasons I mountain bike is just to add to my ski tick-list, so it was pretty cool to go back there. Here’s Brittany’s bike TR from that area:
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