Stony Mountain
Date: 12/24/2024
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Camp Bird Road Winter Closure (3.4 miles above US-550 Intersection)
Distance: 11.25m
Elevation Gain: 3700ft
Duration: 6hrs 15min
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Stony Mountain sits at the door of Yankee Boy Basin and offers stunning views of the Yankee Boy and Governor Basin peaks. Would love to go back and explore the couloir that runs Stony's south face. Not sure if it goes... but if it does it would be a 1300ft drop into Governor Basin.
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11.25m - 3700ft - 6hrs 15min
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Stony Mountain comes into view at the end of the plowed section of Camp Bird Road
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Gilpin rears it's head
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Stony Mountain from the north
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Looking back to Potosi en-route to Stony's north west slopes
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Looking back to Teakettle while skinning up a creek on Stony's north side
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Yep... Teakettle!
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Cool perspective of Potosi
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Skinning towards Stony's west ridge
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Stunning views down my skin track - L2R: Gilpin, Sneffels, Kismet
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Gilpin above some fun looking winter ski terrain
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Emma to the west
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Looking back to Sneffels and Kismet before transitioning to booting
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Too steep to skin, I wallowed the remaining section to Stony's west ridge
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Some scrambly bits over to Stony's summit
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Teakettle, Coffeepot and Potosi to the east
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There was a short climb to the saddle before the final section to the summit
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Teakettle
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Potosi
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Stony is smack dab in the middle of Yankee Boy Basin with incredible 360 views
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Retracing my steps across the summit ridge - Sneffels and Kismet front and center
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Back down to the saddle
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I didn't know much about this line on Stony's south aspect. Wanted to ski it but Caltopo showed cliff terrain midway down. Being solo and late in the day I decided not to explore.
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Emma and Saint Sophia Ridge to the west
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Saint Sophia Ridge
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A nice way to wrap up a day in the mountains!
