Tower & East Storm
Date: 05/02/2023
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Gladstone Water Treatment Plant
Distance: 8m
Elevation Gain: 4650ft
Duration: 5hrs 30min
I had attempted East Storm a couple of times within the past two weeks and did not summit for one reason or another. I finally got to the top on a solo mission. There are a few images from those outtings in this gallery.
A great little tour with three ski lines for the price of two summits
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8m - 4650ft - 5hrs 30min
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Storm and East Storm looking impressive from Velocity Basin
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Junior and I skinned to just short of the top of Tower Couloir on East Storm
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Storm Peak and Grande Couloir while ascending East Storm
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The tower on East Storm's Tower Couloir
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Traversing the east face of East Storm to the summit
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Storm Peak from the summit of East Storm
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Was stoked to be on East Storm's summit. In the past few weeks I had skied Tower Couloir twice without summiting.
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Next stop Tower Mountain across the way
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After skiing East Storm's east face I skinned and booted Tower Mountain's north ridge to the summit.
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Storm and East Storm from Tower Mountain
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Grand Turk and Sultan to the south
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Sneffels and the Yankee Boys
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A view east to Dome Mountain
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Time to ski Tower's north east couloir
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After skiing I contoured around to the north and climbed this pitch before skiing what I think was 'Meatball Couloir' back to Velocity Basin
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Junior skiing Tower Couloir on East Storm into Velocity Basin
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East Storm
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East Storm and Tower Couloir on the left























