CRISTO COULOIR | QUANDARY PEAK, TENMILE RANGE COLORADO, UNITED STATES

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CRISTO COULOIR
CRISTO COULOIR
Date Created: 12/01/08
Last Updated: 12/01/08
Author:powderjunky
Author Ranking:Premier
AVG User Ranking:
Avalache Terrain Rating:Challenging What's This?
Hardest Difficulty:Double Black what's this?
Average Difficulty:Black what's this?
Skiable Vert:2500 ft
Climbing Vert:2500 ft
Top Elevation:14265 ft
Trailhead Elevation:11700 ft
Ascent Mileage:2
AVG Ascent Time:2 hours
Ascent Type:Skin
Trees:none
Slope Aspect:South
Steepest Section:25-35 Degrees
Slope Type:Couloir
Exit:Clean
First Descent:
Nearest Town:Breckenridge
AVG Snowfall:300+

Highlights

A very "easy" 14ner to knock off. A straight forward, safe ascent ridge takes you to the top with a nice wide couloir to ski.

Ascent

From Breckenridge, drive 8 miles south on Colorado 9. Turn right (west) on the Blue Lakes 850 Road. Drive a few hundred yards and turn right on the McCullough Gulch 851 Road. There is a sign for the Quandary Peak Trail at this junction. Drive 0.1 mile to a small parking area on the right side of the road. This is the trailhead. The U.S. Forest Service has installed a sign/kiosk that faces away from the road. Walk up the road to the next corner and the trail starts on the left. This is a new trailhead and replaces the previous trailhead 1 mile up the road. You can also continue up the dirt road and bootpack up the couloir. Follow the trail signs and ascend the forested slope until you reach the obvious ridge of Quandary. Follow to the summit.

Descent

From the summit, head south and ski the clean wide couloir all the way down to the road/lake. Sometimes the top off the summit can be a little bony, and requires picking your way through to the actual couloir. Follow the dirt road back to your car.

Access/Permits

There is lots of private property around so be courteous and respectful.

Snowpack

Dangerous Colorado Continental

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