Quandry Couloir

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East Ridge Ski Routes

Sinclair Coulior

Northwest Slopes to West Ridge

Quandary Trail (East Ridge)

Inwood Arete

Quandry Couloir

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Location: Colorado, United States, North America

Route Type: Skiing

Season: Spring

Time Required: Most of a day

Difficulty: 4th class snowclimbing/aprox 50+

Grade: II

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description

This route runs close to two thousand feet straight down the north face of Quandry peak. It is a very nice line. This is described in Gary Roach's 14ers book as a snow climb and I am surprised it has not already been listed on summit post. This line is best done in late spring or early summer as a safe snowpack is absolutely essential to the route

Getting There

There are two approaches possible. If you do not want to climb up it, you can follow the east slopes route to the summit then traverse several hundred meters along the top of the east slopes bowl, look for the steep prominent snow line on the north side of the ridge(other side from east bowl)and drop in on it.

or

if you want to climb up it then you follow the same approach as for the Inwood Arete. follow McCullough Gulch trail for one mile to the lake. Traverse around the lake. Continue west past the Inwood Arete and look up for the steep prominent snow couloir. This is it. Climb close to two thousand feet up to the summit ridge, then you can scamble along the ridge for a couple hundred meters to the summit. If snowpack is questionable it is best to go this way so that you can preview snow conditions as you climb it.

Route Description

drop in on the couloir. It is between 45 and 50 degrees at the top and eases slightly on the lower half. I would give this route a backcountry difficulty rating around D11 or 12 R2.

Essential Gear

standard avalanche gear-beacon/probe/shovel. helmet, ski/snowboard gear. an axe and crampons if climbing it.

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