Storm Peak
Date: 05/03/2023
Partner: Chris Baldwin
Trailhead: Gladstone Water Treatment Plant
Distance: 5.7m
Elevation Gain: 2900ft
Duration: 3hrs 20min
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We toured into Velocity Basin with hopes of climbing and skiing the iconic Gnar Couloir. However during the climb we found the snow to be refrozen wet slide debris that wasn't going to soften any time soon. We ended up skiing south off of Storm to find other options. Will have to come back and ski this rad looking line.
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5.7m - 2900ft - 3hrs 20min
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Baldwin enters the incredible Velocity Basin. Storm Peak splits Grande Couloir on the left and Gnar on the right
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Steep skinning to the base of Gnar
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Booting the chunderous snow up Gnar Couloir
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Baldwin at the top of Gnar
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The class 3 scramble from the top of Gnar to Storm's summit
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Don't see many ski options up here
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Stoked to share a summit with this guy. I believe our last shared summit was Sunlight Spire a couple of years back.
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Weminuche views to the south
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Ice Lakes peaks to the west
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Sneffels to the north
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Descending the class 3 back to the top of Gnar
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With the chunder in Gnar still chunderous, we decided to look at other options and skied off the south side of Storm (which wasn't any better)
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After skiing Storm I ascended and skied Grande while Baldwin continued south looking for better snow. Will have to come back and ski Gnar at some point.
