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O my. Going to have to go back and read this thing again. So much to take in. It's been a while since I've had a good bushwhack. Awesome hike, climb, skin, ski camping weekend!
My lord, guys! Talkin about killing it in Yankee Boy! Damn. Awesome stuff, Ben. Maybe I should have joined you guys. Just dont tell Kristine I said that. Good work all the way around. Can't imagine any weekend topping that!
Is the 129$ of food we bought. 1 pound of ground beef, 4 beef patties, Bruitoni Tortolini, 6 cans of pringles, bag of pita chips, garlic hummus, spicy guacamole, pesto basil for the pasta, 3 bags of Snyder's pretzel bits, 16 Gatorades, 2 jugs of H2O (both artisan and distilled - no difference detected), 5 bombers, 6 Happy Campers, 6 Hop Abominations, a bullet riddled Broville Grill, 4 pack of Red Bulls, pound of sweet and spicey trail mix, 20 reece's peanut butter cups, 20 peppermint patties, brick of cheese, 20 pack of tortillas, 10 apples, 6 bananas, 3 bags of Brookstone dark chocolate covered blueberries, pomagrantes and gonji berries and a partridge in a pear tree.............
Looks like great conditions in the SJ's! Hard to believe north facing lines are already setting up there. Nice job on getting Teakettle's summit block with snow, Ben! That Weehawken descent must have been painful.
Brandon - There's always next time man! Gores this summer?
Dillon - That tortolini with pesto is the best camp food I can think of or imagine.
Kevin - Weehawken. Definitely not a good basin to venture into during snow season but what a beautiful place.
Britt - Stoked that you guys got it too! Thanks for the kind words and it was good to see you again!
Bill, Darin - Maybe it was something I said?
You guys killed it. What an awesome set of descents you put together, taking apart an entire basin line by line. And good call car camping it. We had a blast learning snow camping skills and removing ourselves from civilization by a couple of miles, but by no means was it necessary or relevent to any of our mountaineering objectives.
Appreciate the beta on both Gilpin's north line and the Potosi exit.
God dang is YBB a high-density rad zone. Look forward to many more trips there in the future. Thanks for the sweet report!
Over beers the previous night .... 5/6/2013 7:22pm
Brian convinced me. Dude, seriously ... anytime a sentence starts with ”over beers the previous night”, you know you're both deserving of all that is in store for you. Stellar trip report. Jaw-dropping photos. Awesome descent lines. Beautiful views. Wonderful company. And, thank you Brian, a thorough food list. Take care and thanks for posting. Happy trails!
What a difference a week makes. I skied Sneffels yesterday (May 5) and the snow was really suncupped and baked. The conditions are nothing like you guys had. North facing stuff may be ok for a little while but south and west are done. I remember a few years ago Brian wanted to spend some time in Yankee Boy and hit all those lines, you guys finally did it. Awesome trip report and pics, solid weekend.
Brennan - Thanks man! You're trip looked awesome as well. Looks like we got slightly better weather and you got slightly better snow.
jasay, BostonBD - Thanks fellas!
Presto - Of course you're right. We were deserving, I just didn't think it'd be that bad .
Eatin - That's crazy. Looking at that Sneffels TR that just posted it's amazing how brown and bare things have gotten in just a short time. There was a thick dust layer lurking just underneath the surface when we were down there, once that started to heat up and expose itself on the surface it marked the beginning of the end. It was also HOT every single day when we were down there with nothing but more hot, bluebird days in the forecast. San Juans are great but they just crossed the line of not being worth the drive from Denver for the conditions anymore this year.
Can't believe you left out describing the food... I'm glad Brian covered that base.
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