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Peak(s):  Mt. Harvard  -  14,424 feet
Date Posted:  03/02/2010
Modified:  01/04/2018
Date Climbed:   02/28/2010
Author:  benners
 A Fine Day on Mt. Harvard: Summit Ski Descent   

TR here:
https://www.exploringtherockies.com/2010/02/28/mt-harvard-ski-descent/



Comments or Questions
pioletski
User
Thanks again, Ben!
3/2/2010 2:42pm
For an awesome day in the mountains, and for a nice writeup. Cheers!


BostonBD
User
Excellent !!!
3/2/2010 2:55pm
Great trip report and pictures as usual. Made good time for 20.5 miles even skiing.


JakeK
User
Awesome Job!
3/2/2010 3:47pm
Great pictures... seems like a great day. Exciting to start seeing some SKI trip reports popping up on the front page!


lodidodi
User
nice report
3/2/2010 5:12pm
Yes nice report and photos, something refreshing to look at while stuck in the office


SchralpTheGnar
User
a job well done...
3/2/2010 7:23pm
deserves a hearty congratulations and words of praise for an solid effort in the high country of colorado. 14er ski season starts.....now!


Dancesatmoonrise
User
Dang!
3/3/2010 3:20am
Nice going, gents. Great time, too. If I‘d seen these photos last night, I probably wouldn‘t have turned down an opportunity to be up there today and tomorrow in great weather - the summit ridge doesn‘t look as bad as I imagined it. (My host lucks out with a track... : )


Yog
User
Way to get it
3/3/2010 4:59am
Nice job you guys! A lot more snow than when I was on Columbia a few weeks ago. That is a beautiful area in winter!


killingcokes
User
Sweet
3/3/2010 5:47am
I wish we‘d been going faster but I had to be back in Denver by 7pm for my son‘s school fundraiser. If I didn‘t make that I‘d have been in the doghouse for months. We stopped at 11,300 about 10:30am realizing that it was pointless to go further.

This is a great winter line with manageable angles and not much exposure to steeps above.

Nicely done Ben and Matt. We should get out sometime for real.


nychicol
Thanks
3/3/2010 4:10pm
Great pictures.


taylorzs
User
Nice job
3/4/2010 12:08am
Cool trip report, looks like you got some great turns!


lordhelmut
User
Glad Harvard was a success
3/4/2010 6:23am
Good to see the weather was better in the Sawatch than the Mosquito sunday. My friend and I got electricuted on Buckskin. I can imagine some of the ”difficulties” on the way out, its not always over once your off the mountain. Nice work for a long day Ben.


susanjoypaul
User
From a non-skier
3/4/2010 2:58pm
Maybe it was the long lines at Mammoth, or the frou-frou shops at Monarch, or the hordes at Breck that did it, but I lost my taste for skiing and snowboarding a long time ago. But you take all that away, and it really is a beautiful thing, isn‘t it? Thanks for reminding me of that. Way to do it right, and safely, too. Great report.


KirkT
User
12 hours...
3/4/2010 11:44pm
Harvard has a way of creating alot of 12 hour days doesn‘t it??? great report!


USAKeller
User
Nice job!
3/5/2010 2:47pm
What a long day. I don‘t think I am capable to do 20 miles in one day. Great TR and good job on getting it done safely.


otherbrotherdarryl
Wow!
3/5/2010 10:09pm
Dreamlike views, unearthly calm weather - a day in the dance hall of the gods! Congrats and nice TR!


ulvetano
User
Great write-up!
3/8/2010 2:59am
challenging day - love it!


Kalamaya
User
Thanks
3/12/2010 5:28pm
Great TR.


LIV
User
Cool beans!
11/30/2010 5:28pm
Well - 8 hours to the summit. That's a hard won summit, but the descent looks like a blast. I just might have to do that one (even though I swore I wouldn't go back to Horn Fork Basin again).


benners
User
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2/5/2011 12:22am
Thank you all for your comments!


Carl
User
Well done!
5/2/2011 2:23pm
That‘s quite the single day skin. Nice one guys. Good route selection. Looking forward to skiing some taller peaks again soon. I‘ve just been rather content with powder below 12,500ft the last 6 weeks.



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