Lenticulars above the San Juans.

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Lenticulars above the San Juans.

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Jan.'06 good ice, 1 wet pitch.

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Scott Beguin

Feb 27, 2011

“Lenticulars above the San Juans.”

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Austin King on the 3rd pitch.

Overview of pitches

Lenticulars above the San Juans.

Jan.'06 good ice, 1 wet pitch.

V-thread rap, good stuff, lol.

STH in great shape on Feb 14th, 2004.

You can see the potential avalanche danger from slopes above. This was taken during a weekday, notice not a soul around.

Last pitch!

Stairway - December 2013.

Conditions 12-8-06<br>
All ice in, minimal snow on approach and above

Climber on the 4th pitch on a busy day. Can you say traffic?

1st pitch.

March 10, 2008.

Stairway from top of 2nd Gully.

6th/7th pitches 2/00.

Myself struggling on P3, leaning backwards and ready to puke. December 2013.

The start of P3. The crux of the entire climb on Feb 14th, 2004.

Stairway to Heaven of Left, Highway to Hell on Right.

Myself starting P1 - December 2013.

STH on Sunday Nov., 6th.<br>
No Avalanche Danger!

3rd pitch of Stairway.

Photo taken from First Gully on 2/14/04. Photo by Scott.

Photo taken early morning 2/14/04.

Stairway from across the valley.

Thomas Kelly on approach, early 2000.

"Stairway to Heaven" WI 4, Joe Tebbe leads pitch 1 & pitch 4. We climbed 700 feet of this Colorado back country classic.

3rd pitch 2/00.

5th pitch 2/00.

Joe Tebbe leading, pitch 1, Stairway to Heaven, 2-24-11.

K.N. going up the Stairway (3rd pitch).

Stairway 3rd Pitch

Boots Barto starting the first pitch.<br>
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Phat condition 2/15/09.

Stairway view.

2nd pitch 2/00.

Walk off from STH - move left out of the gully after the 5th pitch, walk across the slope to the trees, then move skier's right down and around left to the base.

1st pitch 2/00.