Telluride to Trico
Date: 04/20/2023
Partner: Solo
Trialhead: Red Mountain Pass
Summits: PT13510B, Telluride, Trico
Distance: 9.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 4330ft
Duration: 5.5 hours
GPX
PT13510B 14ers Page
Telluride 14ers Page
Trico 14ers Page
A fun little exploratory outing from the summit of Red Mountain Pass
9.6m - 4330ft - 5.5 hrs
Into the alpine - plenty of good skiing west of RMP
Looking back to Red Mountain 3
Trico rearing its head
Mellow skinning en-route to PT13510B and Telluride Peak
Trico Peak
Weminuche views never get old
Trico from PT13510B. I would climb Trico's east ridge (L2R) later in the day
Sneffels and the Yankee Boy crew to the north
Telluride Peak from PT13510B
The ridge from PT13510B to Telluride Peak
I. can't. look. away. Sneffels and Yankee Boy Peaks looking awesome!
PT13510B from Telluride Peak
Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre to the NE. T7 in the foreground
Nice and soft coming off of Telluride
Looking back to Telluride and my turns
From Telluride I traversed south to Trico and gained it's east ridge and booted to the summit.
Looking back along Trico's east ridge
T10 from Trico. I wanted to ski T10 today as well. But when I got to the base of it's east ridge the winds picked up fierce and I called it a day.
Oh there you are Sneffels
Arrow, Vestal and the Trinities
My turns off of Trico. Cornices and ice kept me from dropping any higher.
Ok wind... guess I am outta here
Some great skiing back to the truck
RMP views... Sultan Mountain on the left. I think that is Bear Mountain on the right