While driving up the Fourmile Creek road, locate a 4wd road on the left, near 11,600' and approx. 0.75 mile past the Leavick site -
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2. Park here or continue up the road if it's dry. Either way, continue 0.5 mile up this road to a point where it takes a sharp left. Continue left on the road or take a more direct line southwest (
3) and you'll get your first view of Horseshoe, near 12,100' -
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Follow the road west to approx. 12,300' until you can see the small lakes just east of Horseshoe. You'll also have a nice, head-one view of Boudoir Couloir -
5. Leave the road and traverse southwest toward Boudoir and the large, horseshoe-shaped cirque -
6. Continue your southwest traverse above the lakes, ascend a large rock heap (
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Near 12,900', begin climbing the couloir -
10. As you ascend, you may notice the pitch isn't as steep as it appears during the approach but a fall here could still send you to the bottom.
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13 were taken in the 2/3 of the couloir. As you approach the top, the angle increases but the route is obvious -
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17. Near 13,800', the difficulty quickly eases (
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