San Juan Range - CO

Lake Point Pk. - 13,506’

Illusion Couloir

Southern Colorado gets 3 feet of snow in a few days, quick gather up the kids shack up with friends and Grandma McQuade in a rad house in Ouray.... oh ya and go ski as many pow filled alpine lines and couloirs as your legs can handle over several days! Once again Kristin and I continue doing what we love... with two kids!... I feel like a broken record but the two of us are so undeserving blessed ....not to mention our amazing parents and families who spend countless challenging days watching our little dudes while we play! These memorable trips and days we spend together in the mountains are only possible because of you guys......Thanks so much grandma McQuade for this one! Cant wait til next years San Juan's trip... it's become a tradition now!

Topping Out - "Twin Chutes" Behind - Kristin

Climbing Up the "Magnum" - Kristin and Colleen

High Alpine Beauty - Kristin, Todd, Colleen

Steep, Deep and a Roadmap Required - The "Illusion" Couloir

Searching for a Couloir's Entrance - Kristin, Todd and Colleen

Out of a Couloir and onto its Apron - Kristin

Storm Skiing at its Finest - Photobomb Todd

Look Up - Checking Progress within a Couloir

The Mega Bowl - You can barely see our tracks in the lower bowl

Skiing Different Lines - Brian, Drew and Sara Beth

Sneak Attack - Gaining this Couloir from its backside - Kristin

It was a Couloir Skiing Kinda Trip - Kristin

Catching Snowflakes at the Ouray House - Grandma, Liam

The Gang - Todd, Me, Kristin, Sara Beth, Drew, Colleen, Brian

Tenmile Range - CO

Atlantic Pk. - 13,841'

"V" Couloir

Given our early transition to spring we decided it was necessary to seek alpine terrain with a solar aspect thus we set out for Atlantic Peak's southeast couloirs. Upon arriving to the apron it appeared the surface of the "Atlantis" col was likley to be to warm by the time we finished our climb and summited, so we opted for the "V" col, which turned out to be a great decision as the entrance to the "V" col was classic! We nailed it, the first pitch had a northerly shift to it and still held soft cold snow. The second pitch corned up nicely as did the 4 mile ski out.

Atlantic Pk - "V" Col in the middle of southeast face

The summit "warmup" pitch leading down to the southeast couloirs provided some soft turns to loosen the legs before the steeps. That Quandary looming in the background

Friends Chasing Couloirs - San Juan's

Atlantic Pk. - "V" Col