Keplinger's Couloir
Date: 05/28/2023
Partner: Jeremy Miller (featuring Jon Bloomfield)
Trailhead: Sandbeach Lake TH
Distance: 16.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 6350ft
Duration: 11hrs 50min (a chill pace with 30 minutes on the summit and plenty of socials along the way)
GPX (track note: on the way out... follow our up track from the base of the couloir to treeline... we tried to stay high and ran into a boulder field that wasn't optimal)
A big day that is well worth the effort. Keplinger's Couloir is a Colorado classic... 10 out ot 10! Don't miss this one.
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16.5m - 6350ft - 11hrs 50min
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Long's Peak comes into view above Sandbeach Lake
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A full view of Keplinger's Couloir
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Approaching the base of the couloir
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Roughly 2400ft of moderate booting to the summit
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A steeper section at the elbow below Homestretch
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Some ice to cross on the Homestretch to the summit
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Yeah buddy!!!
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Alex dropping Homestretch
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Jeremy on Homestretch
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Some rocks and ice bulges to navigate at the bottom of Homestretch
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Some nice corn and Palisade views
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Alex entering Keplinger's proper
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Jeremy in Keplinger's. Top of the Notch above
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Alex
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Jeremy
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Jeremy with Bloomy and his buddy Ryan
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Bloomy shows us how its done
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Alex
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Stoked at the bottom of the line. Roughly 2500ft of skiing from the summit
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Pagoda looking moody
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Stopping at Sandbeach Lake to pick up our trail runners
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Jeremy tapes up an injured hiker's ankle while building some ankle karma of his own.
























