Telluride to Trico
Date: 04/20/2023
Partner: Solo
Trialhead: Red Mountain Pass
Summits:
* PT13509 (also skied with Kristi)
* Telluride (also skied with Kristi)
* Trico
Distance: 9.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 4330ft
Duration: 5.5 hours
GPX
PT13509 14ers Page
Telluride 14ers Page
Trico 14ers Page
A fun little exploratory outing from the summit of Red Mountain Pass
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9.6m - 4330ft - 5.5 hrs
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Into the alpine - plenty of good skiing west of RMP
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Looking back to Red Mountain 3
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Trico rearing its head
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Mellow skinning en-route to PT13509 and Telluride Peak
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Trico Peak
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Weminuche views never get old
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Easy going skinning with endless views
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Trico from PT13509. I would climb Trico's east ridge (L2R) later in the day
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Sneffels and the Yankee Boy crew to the north
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Telluride Peak from PT13509
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The ridge from PT13509 to Telluride Peak
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I. can't. look. away. Sneffels and Yankee Boy Peaks looking awesome!
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Skinning Telluride's south ridge
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Up Telluride's south ridge with pt13509 across the way
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Tools not Jewels
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Kristi summits Telluride
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From Telluride I went to Trico on my solo trip... Kristi and I headed to T7
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Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre to the NE. T7 in the foreground
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Nice and soft coming off of Telluride
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Looking back to Telluride and my turns
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From Telluride I traversed south to Trico and gained it's east ridge and booted to the summit.
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Looking back along Trico's east ridge
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T10 from Trico. I wanted to ski T10 today as well. But when I got to the base of it's east ridge the winds picked up fierce and I called it a day.
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Oh there you are Sneffels
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Arrow, Vestal and the Trinities
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My turns off of Trico. Cornices and ice kept me from dropping any higher.
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Ok wind... guess I am outta here
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Some great skiing back to the truck
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RMP views... Sultan Mountain on the left - Bear Mountain on the right
