T7 Chicago Tomboy Ski Tour
Date: 06-29-23
Trailhead: Upper Camp Bird Mine CR26A (4x4 required)
Summits:
* T7
* Chicago Peak
* Tomboy Peak
Distance: 7.75 miles
Elevation Gain: 3900ft
Duration: 6 hours
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T7 14ers Page
Chicago Peak 14ers Page
Tomboy Peak 14ers Page
Spicy 4x4 - Game time route changes - Used all the gear - Fantastic corn skiing - Big Views - This one was fun!
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7.75m - 3900ft - 6hrs
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Chicago Peak and it's pass with United States Mountain. At the end of the day I would ski down from this pass
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Looking back to Potosi as I carry skis up the Imogene Pass road
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The road was not yet open
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Eyeing my afternoon ski line
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Weminuche views to the south
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T7 summit. A little more carrying before skiing over to Chicago's south ridge
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Sneffels and Friends over United States Mountain
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Imogene Pass
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I skied down this little section, then climbed to Chicago's south ridge on the left
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Looking back to T7
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The climb to the ridge
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Chicago's south ridge has some scrambly problems that I opted to ski around
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I traversed below the ridge and started booting before the cornices started
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Looking back to Chicago's south ridge scrambly problems. If you look closely you can see my ski tracks from the snows high point on the ridge
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Telluride Peak to the south
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A view of the Wilson Group and the town of Telluride below
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The Wilsons over Telluride Resort
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Chicago's ridge and the Yankee Boy peaks ahead
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Looking down to the relatively small Tomboy Peak
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The ascent from Chicago's ridge was loose but the ascent and ski of Tomboy was fun
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Booting Tomboy
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The Wilsons from Tomboy's summit
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Taking off the crampons and putting on the skis.
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A cool stretch of ridge between Chicago and T5 from Tomboy
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Tomboys love corn
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Sneffels
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Yankee Boy Peaks from Chicago
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Skiing from Chicago back to the truck
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Plenty of corn to drop
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After some glorious corn, I put the skis on the pack and walked back to the truck
