The ranch staff packed down the road from HQ to Four Way the day before with a snowmobile. There was a dusting of fresh snow overnight but nothing too crazy. After Four Way and to the ridge, we followed in ScreeSurfer's footsteps. Thanks for breaking trail John. We got on the ridge right from the summer trailhead instead of ascending the Northwest slopes as we were concerned with the potential for avalanches. Once on the ridge, the wind was unrelenting. The gusts never got too wild but the consistent wind really sucked all the energy out of us, on top of bringing a windchill between -10 and -20 according to the forecast. Cold! Some of us are reporting some frostnip the next day. We could see the valley and the surrounding peaks fairly well through the day but the summit of Culebra was in the clouds most of the time.
     
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