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.
5.7m - 2900ft - 3hrs 20min
Baldwin enters the incredible Velocity Basin. Storm Peak splits Grande Couloir on the left and Gnar on the right
Steep skinning to the base of Gnar
Booting the chunderous snow up Gnar Couloir
Baldwin at the top of Gnar
The class 3 scramble from the top of Gnar to Storm's summit
Don't see many ski options up here
Stoked to share a summit with this guy. I believe our last shared summit was Sunlight Spire a couple of years back.
Weminuche views to the south
Ice Lakes peaks to the west
Sneffels to the north
Descending the class 3 back to the top of Gnar
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)
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.