Red Mountain Descent

Name: Red Mountain Descent
Rating: 3.0

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0.7 mile 1.1 kilometer point to point
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Intermediate/Difficult

Elevation

Ascent: 10' 3 m
Descent: -505' -154 m
High: 9,506' 2,897 m
Low: 9,003' 2,744 m

Grade

Avg Slope: 14% (8°)
Max Slope: 38% (21°)

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Nice shot of our line down the middle chute. Gaining entrance was difficult from the top due to massive cornices... Would recommend bootpacking.

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“A manageable descent through thin aspen and conifer over a couple mellow pillows with a final skin across the valley.”

— Zander Göpfert

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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Description

Starting from a fairly nondescript point in a thin aspen grove, this descent had fun sections through trees with a couple open slopes dotted with pillows at a low angle.

We followed the tracks of a ranger who had been conducting snowpack tests further up Red Mountain and chose the start point based on time and snow conditions. According to the ranger, there was a ~3 ft. snowpack with a weak layer ~1 ft. down.

The final three-tenths of a mile of this line mark the skin out across the valley, back to the Colorado River Trailhead.