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Hut to hut 2007 - This was my first real hut to hut trip. I've skied to and stayed at a number of the backcountry in Colorado including Margys, McNamara, Goodwin-Greene, Markley, Polar Star Inn, Janets, Francies, Betty Bear, and Arestua, but this was the first time that I skied between huts. Krista, Kurt, Julie, and I spent two nights each at 10th Mountain Division, Uncle Buds, and Skinner, all located just east of the Continental Divide near Leadville.
The snow was pretty bad especially during the first half of the week. The weather was chilly especially during the second half of the week. It was windy the whole time. However, we still had a great trip. It wasn't a trip for making turns. In 7 days I made about 6 turns, but it was a week of great touring. The views were incredible. It was cool enough that we hardly sweated all week. It was amazing, actually, how clean we felt at the end of the trip. And then we realized we didn't sweat and hardly saw any dirt all week.
The packs were heavy for the first day into 10th Mtn. Div. but seemed to feel fairly reasonable after that. Our rest days really were rest days. The most ambitious excursion was a 3 hour roundtrip up 13,209' Homestake Peak from 10th Mtn. Div. Hut. The conditions (hard snow) made the climb much quicker than we expected.
My favorite days were the trips between the huts. These are on trails that get used less frequently than the trails between the huts and the trailheads. We didn't see other people those days. We had to do some navigation with the map and compass, make sure everyone was staying warm and energized. And there's a bit of an adventurous and edgy spirit as we really didn't want to spend the night out, a not uncommon occurrence.

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Hut to hut 2007 - This was my first real hut to hut trip. I've skied to and stayed at a number of the backcountry in Colorado including Margys, McNamara, Goodwin-Greene, Markley, Polar Star Inn, Janets, Francies, Betty Bear, and Arestua, but this was the first time that I skied between huts. Krista, Kurt, Julie, and I spent two nights each at 10th Mountain Division, Uncle Buds, and Skinner, all located just east of the Continental Divide near Leadville.
The snow was pretty bad especially during the first half of the week. The weather was chilly especially during the second half of the week. It was windy the whole time. However, we still had a great trip. It wasn't a trip for making turns. In 7 days I made about 6 turns, but it was a week of great touring. The views were incredible. It was cool enough that we hardly sweated all week. It was amazing, actually, how clean we felt at the end of the trip. And then we realized we didn't sweat and hardly saw any dirt all week.
The packs were heavy for the first day into 10th Mtn. Div. but seemed to feel fairly reasonable after that. Our rest days really were rest days. The most ambitious excursion was a 3 hour roundtrip up 13,209' Homestake Peak from 10th Mtn. Div. Hut. The conditions (hard snow) made the climb much quicker than we expected.
My favorite days were the trips between the huts. These are on trails that get used less frequently than the trails between the huts and the trailheads. We didn't see other people those days. We had to do some navigation with the map and compass, make sure everyone was staying warm and energized. And there's a bit of an adventurous and edgy spirit as we really didn't want to spend the night out, a not uncommon occurrence.

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Hut to hut 2007 - This was my first real hut to hut trip. I've skied to and stayed at a number of the backcountry in Colorado including Margys, McNamara, Goodwin-Greene, Markley, Polar Star Inn, Janets, Francies, Betty Bear, and Arestua, but this was the first time that I skied between huts. Krista, Kurt, Julie, and I spent two nights each at 10th Mountain Division, Uncle Buds, and Skinner, all located just east of the Continental Divide near Leadville.
The snow was pretty bad especially during the first half of the week. The weather was chilly especially during the second half of the week. It was windy the whole time. However, we still had a great trip. It wasn't a trip for making turns. In 7 days I made about 6 turns, but it was a week of great touring. The views were incredible. It was cool enough that we hardly sweated all week. It was amazing, actually, how clean we felt at the end of the trip. And then we realized we didn't sweat and hardly saw any dirt all week.
The packs were heavy for the first day into 10th Mtn. Div. but seemed to feel fairly reasonable after that. Our rest days really were rest days. The most ambitious excursion was a 3 hour roundtrip up 13,209' Homestake Peak from 10th Mtn. Div. Hut. The conditions (hard snow) made the climb much quicker than we expected.
My favorite days were the trips between the huts. These are on trails that get used less frequently than the trails between the huts and the trailheads. We didn't see other people those days. We had to do some navigation with the map and compass, make sure everyone was staying warm and energized. And there's a bit of an adventurous and edgy spirit as we really didn't want to spend the night out, a not uncommon occurrence.

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Hut to hut 2007 - This was my first real hut to hut trip. I've skied to and stayed at a number of the backcountry in Colorado including Margys, McNamara, Goodwin-Greene, Markley, Polar Star Inn, Janets, Francies, Betty Bear, and Arestua, but this was the first time that I skied between huts. Krista, Kurt, Julie, and I spent two nights each at 10th Mountain Division, Uncle Buds, and Skinner, all located just east of the Continental Divide near Leadville.
The snow was pretty bad especially during the first half of the week. The weather was chilly especially during the second half of the week. It was windy the whole time. However, we still had a great trip. It wasn't a trip for making turns. In 7 days I made about 6 turns, but it was a week of great touring. The views were incredible. It was cool enough that we hardly sweated all week. It was amazing, actually, how clean we felt at the end of the trip. And then we realized we didn't sweat and hardly saw any dirt all week.
The packs were heavy for the first day into 10th Mtn. Div. but seemed to feel fairly reasonable after that. Our rest days really were rest days. The most ambitious excursion was a 3 hour roundtrip up 13,209' Homestake Peak from 10th Mtn. Div. Hut. The conditions (hard snow) made the climb much quicker than we expected.
My favorite days were the trips between the huts. These are on trails that get used less frequently than the trails between the huts and the trailheads. We didn't see other people those days. We had to do some navigation with the map and compass, make sure everyone was staying warm and energized. And there's a bit of an adventurous and edgy spirit as we really didn't want to spend the night out, a not uncommon occurrence.

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Hut to hut 2007 - This was my first real hut to hut trip. I've skied to and stayed at a number of the backcountry in Colorado including Margys, McNamara, Goodwin-Greene, Markley, Polar Star Inn, Janets, Francies, Betty Bear, and Arestua, but this was the first time that I skied between huts. Krista, Kurt, Julie, and I spent two nights each at 10th Mountain Division, Uncle Buds, and Skinner, all located just east of the Continental Divide near Leadville.
The snow was pretty bad especially during the first half of the week. The weather was chilly especially during the second half of the week. It was windy the whole time. However, we still had a great trip. It wasn't a trip for making turns. In 7 days I made about 6 turns, but it was a week of great touring. The views were incredible. It was cool enough that we hardly sweated all week. It was amazing, actually, how clean we felt at the end of the trip. And then we realized we didn't sweat and hardly saw any dirt all week.
The packs were heavy for the first day into 10th Mtn. Div. but seemed to feel fairly reasonable after that. Our rest days really were rest days. The most ambitious excursion was a 3 hour roundtrip up 13,209' Homestake Peak from 10th Mtn. Div. Hut. The conditions (hard snow) made the climb much quicker than we expected.
My favorite days were the trips between the huts. These are on trails that get used less frequently than the trails between the huts and the trailheads. We didn't see other people those days. We had to do some navigation with the map and compass, make sure everyone was staying warm and energized. And there's a bit of an adventurous and edgy spirit as we really didn't want to spend the night out, a not uncommon occurrence.

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