Quandary Peak Trip Report 05/21/2011

Report Type	Full
Peak(s)	Quandary Peak - 14,272 feet North Star Mountain - 13,614 feet Loveland Mountain - 13,707 feet Wheeler Pk (NM) - 13161 Dyer Mountain - 13,861 feet
Date Posted	05/21/2011
Date Climbed	05/19/2011
Author	killingcokes

TR: 7 Great days 5/13-19/2011
There's really just too many words so if you're interested click the links for the words and more pics. Wheeler Peak 13,161 and Mt Walter 13,131 New Mexico Fun Solo 5/13/2011 East Ball Mountain 12,947 Dyer Mountain 13,856 Hot, Hot, Hot 5/14/2011 Loveland Mountain 13,692 South Gully 5/15/2011 Quandary Peak 14,265 Cristo Couloir 5/16/2011 North Star Mountain The Banana Gully Solo 5/17/2011 Prospect Mountain 12,614 South Bowl Solo 5/18/2011 No Name (Porcupine Ridge) Loveland Ski Area 5/19/2011

TR: 7 Great days 5/13-19/2011

There's really just too many words so if you're interested click the links for the words and more pics.

Wheeler Peak 13,161 and Mt Walter 13,131 New Mexico Fun Solo 5/13/2011
East Ball Mountain 12,947 Dyer Mountain 13,856 Hot, Hot, Hot 5/14/2011
Loveland Mountain 13,692 South Gully 5/15/2011
Quandary Peak 14,265 Cristo Couloir 5/16/2011
North Star Mountain The Banana Gully Solo 5/17/2011
Prospect Mountain 12,614 South Bowl Solo 5/18/2011
No Name (Porcupine Ridge) Loveland Ski Area 5/19/2011

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Comments or Questions

Michael York	nice 5/21/2011 6:49pm that's a lot of cool stuff in one week, congrats!
taylorzs	Nice photos 5/21/2011 10:24pm Looks like a good week for you. I especially enjoyed the Wheeler Pk TR. Looked like fun. I was on that thing in mid winter so ave danger restricted us to the standard descent back to Williams lake from the Wheeler-Walter saddle. You got a lot more quality turns in NM than us!
taylorzs	PS 5/21/2011 10:25pm yeah the links do not work, I had to visit your site to get the stories. Its www.makingturns.com if anyone is wanting to check it out before the links get fixed.
d_baker	links broken? 5/21/2011 10:33pm The links won't work for me. Edit: I visited the makingturns site too. Good beta. Thanks!
killingcokes	OOOPS 5/21/2011 10:46pm Links are fixed. Not sure why it didn't work. Such a fun week. I wish the weather had cooperated more. This should be a pretty fun spring. I've never seen these mountains covered better, except for west facing stuff. Hopefully we'll be skiing decent lines till August. New Mexico was really cool. I think I have a few more trips planned for that area and the Truchas Peaks zone
scotthsu	pretty sure we saw your car 5/22/2011 2:02am parked at the williams lake trailhead parking lot on 5/13. we skied the NW face of "Sin Nombre" (UN12819) at the south end of the Williams Lake basin that day. Nice choice of lines on your part, and your photo of Old Mike Pk is quite timely since I'm skiing that area again tomorrow :D Conditions down in NM are holding surprisingly well given the lean year down south, and the spring storms have helped! Thanks for the TR's.
BillMiddlebrook	Nice! 5/22/2011 3:36pm You've really been at it! The links work, but I think the photo links (here in the TR) are broken. Unless it's something on Photobucket this morning. Could just be me What a year
killingcokes	Old Mike and Lake Fork 5/22/2011 3:59pm Those lines I think are worth going back for. I had been having ankle issues the weekend before so I didn't want to push it with new boot liners. I was really considering going for it though. Must go Back.

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