V-thread rap, good stuff, lol.

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V-thread rap, good stuff, lol.

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Lenticulars above the San Juans.

Jan.'06 good ice, 1 wet pitch.

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Austin King on the 3rd pitch.

Overview of pitches

Lenticulars above the San Juans.

V-thread rap, good stuff, lol.

Jan.'06 good ice, 1 wet pitch.

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.

Stairway from top of 2nd Gully.

March 10, 2008.

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

6th/7th pitches 2/00.

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

Myself starting P1 - December 2013.

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

3rd pitch of Stairway.

Photo taken early morning 2/14/04.

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

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.

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