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Peak(s):  Mt. of the Holy Cross  -  14,007 feet
Date Posted:  05/01/2011
Date Climbed:   04/28/2011
Author:  cjw
 Cross   

I don't need to tell anyone about the unseasonable weather. Thursday was going to be the short weather window, and a couple friends who had been wanting to get Holy Cross the last couple years had the same idea. I rented two powder sleds, and the group settled to six people. By the time we were half way up Tigiwan Road we were in 1-2 feet of powder.

We skinned up to half moon pass and had excellent powder skiing into cross creek. We summited around 2:00pm. Dense powder for the first 100-200 feet, another 100-200 feet of slab crust. At the choke a wind pocket with a 1' crown and about 20'x20' released and ran down. Conditions from there down were excellent.

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Comments or Questions
randalmartin
User
Wow, that's a lot of snow!!
5/1/2011 5:42pm
Ample evidence of the record snow year in the Vail area in those photos. Glad you were in and out safely.


BillMiddlebrook
User
Just a few more
5/1/2011 6:48pm
Way to go Chris, just a few more!!


SchralpTheGnar
User
a winter wonderland
5/2/2011 2:35pm
looks like that peak will be skiable for a while, v.nice


lordhelmut
User
love that shot
5/2/2011 7:23pm
of the Gores. Nice work on a monster-esque day. Definately found a window in the weather last week.


JE242
Gores!
5/4/2011 5:33pm
Those are really nice shots of the Gores looking their snowy best! Way to capture it!


bckcntryskr
User
nice work
5/5/2011 3:58am
Great photos and TR.


colvinm
User
Nice
5/31/2011 4:06am
Great pics. Love the snow shots.



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