TR: Mount Huron (14,003) East Face Couloir 4/6/07

**KillingCokes** · 04-09-2007, 07:43 PM

So the plan for this weekend was to get Yale on Friday with Andrew (non-mag) and then meet up with Dobish and head down to the San Juans and try for Sunshine Redloud and the San Luis. Doumall got back from his successful trip to Orizaba and Ixty and wanted in. He suggested that instead of doing Yale we go for Huron. The pic from couloirman's Belford TR was all we needed for inspiration. Andrew had to work so it would be just us. We met up and drove down separately with doumall towing the sleds and me in the 4runner to go to points south with dobish and Andrew. We got to the Rockdale trailhead at 11:30pm and proceeded scope out the stream crossing and the feasibility of using the sled. It was a definite no. ARGHHH!! Add 5 miles and 1000 vert.

3:45 came all too quickly. We were on the trail just before 5am and made great time to Cloyses Lake.

Unnamed 13487 Looking Sweet

First look at Huron from the Southeast

Missouri's West Slopes

A Redonkulous face south of Huron (Dave???)

Nearing the boot section under Huron's East Face

This section of the trip was nuts. I spaced my sunglasses in my comatoasted state at 4am and was wearing goggles the whole way up to the ridge. You know in the movies when they tape the hose to the guys head so it looks like he's sweating a ton. Well I shit you not the sweat was literally running in a stream off my goggles. It was pretty sweet. All the activity you see had happened the day before and we weren't postholing at all on the more east facing slope that we hiked up. But damn was that sun working us over.

AHHH SUMMIT TIME

Doumall Skiing off the summit, I did too but had both cameras

Getting ready to drop in

Testing the stability

Doumall Droppin In

**KillingCokes** · 04-09-2007, 07:45 PM

My turn

Doumall in the choke

My turn Again

Doumall back at it(remind me to wipe my lens next time)

Me finishing it off. MMMM a nice serving of corn

Here's a couple of the route

Thanks for the photo couloirman

Doumall getting rad on the way out

My sock eating nemesis the stream

What a great day. This was top 5 all time as far as fun factor for me. Thanks doumall. You're a great partner. 10 hours total time for 10 miles and 4000 vert. It was sweet actually keeping up with you today. This is a really fun route that chokes off early so go get it while the getting's good. It's northeast facing so it has a later window than the normal chutes that face southeast.

**couloirman** · 04-09-2007, 07:55 PM

SWEET, wish things would have worked out in favor of the sleds for yall, but that just adds to the fun

Is the road still passable the whole way to Rockdale by a normal sedan after these last few snows?

**DJMingus** · 04-09-2007, 07:57 PM

VERY sweet fellas - nice line and it looks like a really good day.

**FrankZappa** · 04-09-2007, 08:03 PM

Very COOL!!!

I've eyeballed that line on a map and always wondered about it. Thanks, man! Got to be one of the premier lines in the Sawatch.

Got any pics of Ice and more importantly (to me) Granite mtn to the west?

Is the road open to Winfield yet?

Why the no go on the sleds? - rotten snow?

**Rontele** · 04-09-2007, 08:05 PM

Nice backseat steeze

What are you hitting more, Dr. Mrs. Fritz or 14ers? Nice work, fellas.

**Kya** · 04-09-2007, 08:06 PM

Nice work again, man!

**GBB** · 04-09-2007, 08:10 PM

fkna that is excellent work!

**Cruiser** · 04-09-2007, 08:56 PM

Another great TR. That's a serious line on a big peak. Way to go!!!

**doumall** · 04-09-2007, 09:05 PM

Thanks for putting up another great TR Fritz. Your camera work is getting better and better, those pics are sweet, I am so stoked to have nailed that line with you. Lets get more and more...

Huron is a great mountain. A perfect beginner mountain from the west to this awesome burley snow caked east side, it seems to have something for everyone.

This line was my favorite of all time. Great snow, great line and all with a great partner.

**doumall** · 04-09-2007, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by FrankZappa

Very COOL!!!

I've eyeballed that line on a map and always wondered about it. Thanks, man! Got to be one of the premier lines in the Sawatch.

Got any pics of Ice and more importantly (to me) Granite mtn to the west?

Is the road open to Winfield yet?

Why the no go on the sleds? - rotten snow?

The stream crossing would have been a nightmare in the afternoon on the sled, and then there was the 100' vert and half mile of steep 4WD road without snow coverage.

Ice

I am sure I have Granite, I just dont know which mountain it is. Line of site with the butt? or Castle? or Garfield?

**summit** · 04-09-2007, 09:41 PM

yes!!!

good pictures! (too many)

**IridePow** · 04-09-2007, 09:57 PM

Great TR, great pics...... awesome work guys!

**jon turner** · 04-09-2007, 10:05 PM

sweet!!!!

**Dobish** · 04-09-2007, 10:25 PM

good work doumall on tiring fritz out, but next time you need to do a better job! it looks like an awesome day, with really nice weather. I would have loved to been there, but I was slaving away trying to selll ski gear on ebay....

one of these days we will have to get out again and do something fun.

nice work and a lot of nice photos.

**goldenboy** · 04-09-2007, 10:35 PM

Looks like you caught it in prime-time

I'm sure that skinning from the lake to the upper basin was a lot more fun than hiking that whole way, like mtnbikerskierchick and I had to do last June (although we did get to drive to the lake

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**bbirtle** · 04-09-2007, 11:34 PM

Hardcore, man. Nice!

**brettf** · 04-09-2007, 11:47 PM

good stoke! thanks!!!

**TeleSlayer** · 04-09-2007, 11:49 PM

dope line biotches!

**nhtele** · 04-09-2007, 11:51 PM

Very Jealous. Next season I will have to come down and run rampant on those 14ers.

**mtnbikerskierchick** · 04-10-2007, 06:15 AM

I figured you guys would get stuck by that creek! Even in June that was a pain to cross. But it looks like you guys hit Huron w/ some great snow conditions! It's a fun one, eh?

**Alpine Dreams** · 04-10-2007, 06:59 AM

Damn, you have been killing it lately! Very well documented TR and the photos are great! Well done mang.

**KillingCokes** · 04-10-2007, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by mtnbikerskierchick

I figured you guys would get stuck by that creek! Even in June that was a pain to cross. But it looks like you guys hit Huron w/ some great snow conditions! It's a fun one, eh?

Yeah that extra 5 miles roundtrip seems to be a given for us. But it was so worth it. That mountain is money and the little bit of new snow made it perfect. Like skiing a birthday day cake

**HikeforTurns** · 04-10-2007, 08:48 AM

Damn cokes and doumall. Solid effort. That line is amazing. One of the best off a 14er in my mind. Ice is nice too, looks a little skinny there in the middle. Whos got a sled and wants to try it?

Missouri next?

**Ireallyliketoski2** · 04-10-2007, 08:49 AM

Nice work, that peak is on my short list of things to do this spring. It looks like there's another line from the summit that goes skiers right and then drops into a wider chute, but that's probably not an agro enough line for you dudes