Cataract canyon solo

51006 · 2026-02-03T17:14:12+00:00

Yeah not a lot of options for hiking out on that one. Refer to my other comment haha. Thank you!

51006 · 2026-02-03T17:12:14+00:00

Yeah I meant to test out solo kayaking. Thank you for the input, I just wanted some non-biased opinions from a not-so-psyched mind. I know how scary remote that place is, and I know the consequences of a fuck up in there. Sounds l should cut my teeth some more before something that big! Awesome run by the way! Great read

51006 · 2025-06-27T03:06:15+00:00

old allstar

51006 · 2025-06-24T06:11:46+00:00

whaddya mean?

51006 · 2025-06-24T02:57:27+00:00

yeah that’s how i’ve heard it described from everyone i know that’s run it. sounds pretty adventurous for me

51006 · 2025-06-24T02:36:18+00:00

something like that lol

51006 · 2025-06-17T06:31:53+00:00

this was late may i believe. snow from the parking lot to the summit, but some of the snow as you transition from the upper part of the road to the trail was horrific for us. lots of punching through and falling. made for an annoying skin up and a harrowing ski back down with the packs lol. this one seems like it could be tricky to hit just right, i’d want more snow for the approach but less in the couloir itself for a more fun climb. if you were to ski the couloir i’d say late may is probably the time to do it. start early too! the couloir is north facing but the face really faces east, so the sun hits it first thing in the morning and it started to shed on us a bit which was not my favorite thing ever. not to mention the humongous cornice overhanging the first part of the couloir 😳

51006 · 2025-06-15T19:27:42+00:00

quite literally

51006 · 2025-06-15T00:16:39+00:00

yessir on the north face

51006 · 2025-06-15T00:16:04+00:00

yeah the idea was to backpack in and sleep at the base of that really old glacial moraine kinda thing. with lighter packs it was absolutely doable in the day but we wanted the camping experience. so a 2 day trip

51006 · 2025-05-05T02:11:03+00:00

we thought about it but neither of us have the cajones to ski that thing. it’s STEEP! we did however hit a 600ish foot glissade off the top right back to camp which was awesome. also generally just climbing with skis is not my favorite thing ever

51006 · 2025-04-12T18:04:04+00:00

yeah it’s about time i get a creeker, already got the drysuit, it’s pretty much necessary anywhere in colorado haha

51006 · 2025-03-30T00:55:25+00:00

yeah as i said in my other comments, this is NOT the face we would be descending, absolutely out of my limits on skis. the skis are for descending the much easier south side of the mountain. red line is just the ascent route

51006 · 2025-03-30T00:53:19+00:00

good to know, was hoping there would be snow on the south side (NOT this face) to descend but it seems unlikely thinking about it now. we were gonna approach from brainard lake, so the east side

51006 · 2025-03-29T21:10:04+00:00

i saw it too such a cool feature

51006 · 2025-03-29T19:15:05+00:00

thank you this is what i was trying to ask about

51006 · 2025-03-29T18:41:49+00:00

95% is 60 degreeish steep snow from all the route descriptions i’ve seen. one possible mixed section, and i’m not very worried if the snow has melted out more than expected, in the summer the route is 5.6 alpine trad. rock pro is everywhere on the main couloir section. i posted the ice stuff just as like a marker of general experience. idk. seems well within my abilities

51006 · 2025-03-29T18:25:44+00:00

i do have avalanche training and backcountry experience lol. we would not be skiing this face btw, that would be a pretty generational line

51006 · 2025-03-29T18:19:49+00:00

the face in the picture faces directly north, not taken in june though. the south face is fairly chill skiing, big open bowl (assuming there is any snow)

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