View Full Version : Quandary Peak Eludes Me Again ~ Pictures Posted
tom_alan
11-25-2008, 03:22
This mountain has eluded me for the second time 11/24/2008. Due to a turn of events I got a late start in the morning (was 20 minutes from home and realized I left my wallet at home among other events).:datz With the late start and the snow I found myself on the ESE ridge at 13,326-feet in the afternoon (a little over 900 vertical feet from the top). By my calculations I would be returning after 5:00pm to the trailhead if I continued. I didn't want to be hiking in the woods after dark.:eek: I got back to the trailhead at 4:48pm. I made the right choice.
The mountain will be there for another day. Getting to the top is optional, getting down back down is mandatory. Pictures are posted.
Tom
gsingjane
11-25-2008, 10:18
Thank you for posting these amazing pix. I think you made the right choice to turn around, too - seems like getting back down that mountain in the dark would have been more than a bit dangerous.
Jane in CT
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/l8tr_dude/quandary.jpg
ah ha, now I see why you didn't get up there....
Discretion is the better part of valor.
tom_alan
11-25-2008, 12:52
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/l8tr_dude/quandary.jpg
ah ha, now I see why you didn't get up there....
Dang it man you're good. I had to go back and look to see if that sign was in the actual picture. I almost replied to it as if it was there. Actual picture:
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/1/8/7/6/6/100_1364_933616.jpg
tom_alan
11-25-2008, 12:53
Thank you for posting these amazing pix. I think you made the right choice to turn around, too - seems like getting back down that mountain in the dark would have been more than a bit dangerous.
Jane in CT
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Thanks!!:sun
Dang it man you're good. I had to go back and look to see if that sign was in the actual picture. I almost replied to it as if it was there......
thanks man... just having fun!
love the pictures.. not as nice as NJ but hey... ;)
tom_alan
11-25-2008, 13:06
thanks man... just having fun!
love the pictures.. not as nice as NJ but hey... ;)
Thanks!! I knew you were having fun. I wrote a response, than thought about it for a second and went back to look at the original. You almost had me.:datz
come on man.... I'm an a$$, but not a dick!
:banana
tom_alan
11-25-2008, 15:36
come on man.... I'm an a$$, but not a dick!
:banana
I knew you were just having fun. Took it that way as well.
garlic08
11-25-2008, 16:28
The photoshopping got me, too, and I've been to that TH. Very good! The Breckenridge ski area is just north of there, and they've been expanding so much I though maybe there actually was a ski lift nearby that backcountry skiers used. Like on the Commando Run into Vail, you can get a lift up the Back Bowls.
Better luck next time, Tom. It's fun up there. Stay out of the south couloirs until late Spring, but then it's a great glissade!