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 Peak:  Fletcher Mountain
 Route:  Southeast Ridge
 Range:  Tenmile
 Posted By:  BillMiddlebrook
 Date of Info:  3/21/2015
 Date Posted:  3/23/2015
Details

Skinned up the entire Monte Cristo Creek before booting up to the Drift-Fletcher saddle. Stable snow all the way and the skinning was easy with firm, supportive snow. From the summit, we skied the SE ridge down to the top of the hanging basin (normal summer route), we found stable snow and were able to find a safe ski route. Excellent corn skiing down to the dam.

We didn't ascend the normal, winter ridge because we didn't want to bring crampons and we knew the entire area had a firm base so the long way around would be easy skinning.



Comments or Questions
srockwell
Curious...
3/24/2015 12:22am
… how Cristo Coloir up Quandary is shaping up? Did you get a good look?


BillMiddlebrook
User
Cristo
3/24/2015 1:40am
It looked continuous, with a skier-left line from the summit before turning right into the main couloir. Several people skied it on the 21st but I didn’t climb it so I can’t say whether or not it was as safe as the other terrain we skied in the area.



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