Mount Sneffels
![Clear Across the Elks from Summit of Sneffels 14,150'](http://skiing14ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_6120.jpg)
Clear Across the San Juans from Summit of Sneffels 14,150′
Peak #52: Monday, May 31, 2016.
Elevation: 14,150′.
Ski Route: Yankee Boy Basin, up South Scree ‘Lavender’ Couloir, Descent of South Face and Birthday Chutes Direct.
Roundtrip Mileage and Vertical: 6.5mi / 3,200′
Ski Partners: Solo Mission (30 minutes on the summit)
Start Time: 630am
Reached Summit: 8am
Finish: 915am
![Lavender Couloir and looking southeast into the San Juans.](http://skiing14ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_6061-e1464907999553.jpg)
Lavender Couloir and looking southeast into the San Juans.
![A buried trailhead in Yankee Boy Basin.](http://skiing14ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_6021.jpg)
A buried trailhead in Yankee Boy Basin.