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Location: CO : CO Ice & Mixed : RMNP - Mixed/Ice : Emerald Lake / Tyndall Gorg... : Flattop Mountain - S side
By: Joel Levenberg When: Jun 1, 2005

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Comments: After a week of good settlement in March '05 we snowboarded this north west facing couloir from 12,200 directly to about 11,000 ft. We tried to go back and snowboard it again in May, but the weather never softened the couloir up, so we bailed east along the top of Flattop to a northeast couloir at 12,000 down to about 10,800. This area offers excellent ski/snowboard mountaineering, but the wind and snow conditions are fickle.


Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Mt. Meeker : Dragon's Egg Couloir (Steep Snow R)
By: Joel Levenberg When: May 9, 2003

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Comments: On 5/3, we departed from and returned to the Sandbeach Lake Trailhead, thus avoiding the shuttle. We climbed up Meeker ridge to about 11,000 ft, then traversed over to the most eastern of the two couloirs east of the dragon's egg, and climbed it direct. It was a long day (close to 11 hours), but it was well worth the effort. There was enough snow to ski within about 1 mile of the trailhead.

Typical spring conditions for this type of altitude. Transitioned from hard, firm snow up top to crea... more >>