Mount Sneffels

Clear Across the Elks from Summit of Sneffels 14,150'

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.

Lavender Couloir and looking southeast into the San Juans.

A buried trailhead in Yankee Boy Basin.

A buried trailhead in Yankee Boy Basin.