Type: Snow, 2000 ft
FA: unknown
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Shared By: Kirk Miller on Dec 30, 2009
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac

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Description

Climbing Apache via the beautiful upper South Saint Vrain drainage and the Isabelle Glacier provides a fun day with beautiful scenery and a killer 2,000' ski descent as reward.

Location

From Brainard Lake head up the South Saint Vrain drainage to Lake Isabelle and on to the Isabelle Glacier. From the Southwest corner of the glacier the route takes the steep snow ramp to a saddle below Apache's summit.

Protection

Climb early while the snow is frozen and time your descent to catch the corn.

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Looking down Queen's Way from mid-way up.
Looking down Queen's Way from mid-way up.
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Apache from the East. Queen's Way is the couloir to the left of the summit in this picture.
Apache from the East. Queen's Way is the coulo…
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Queen's Way in red.
Queen's Way in red.
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Relatively wide open the whole way. Plenty of room to rip, June 16, '19.
Relatively wide open the whole way. Plenty of r…
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Conditions on 7/18/2015.
Conditions on 7/18/2015.
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Queen's Way descent.
Queen's Way descent.
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Skiing down. Awesome ski descent! Or split board. Aaron "Doc" Miller in photo.
Skiing down. Awesome ski descent! Or split boar…
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Lower down on QW.
Lower down on QW.
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Climbing QW.
Climbing QW.
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Approaching in the early spring. Great conditions.
Approaching in the early spring. Great conditions.
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