Four days Of Skiing In The Weminuche 3/28/09

View of Upper Noname Creek Drainage

Tyler (aka sickbird) and I just returned from a four day ski trip in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan Mountains. We started our tour by skiing to the Animas River from the East side of Snowden Peek. Followed the unfortunately, mostly dry rail road tracks to Noname Creek and spent our days skiing at the top of the Noname Drainage on Animas Mountain and Peak 14 (Scepter Peak). Unfortunately the lack of a good snow year left us short of reaching our skiing goals and we'll simply have to return another year in more favorable conditions.

Photo summery below:

Tyler skinning toward Snowden Peak

Looking down to the Animas from near the east side of Snowden

Crossing the Animas River
The top half of the Scepter Coulair. A lack of time and snow left us short of this beauty. Has anyone out there had the privlage to ski the Scepter top to bottom?


Bottom half of the Scepter


Tyler in the Gash Coulair off Animas Mountain


The long walk to meet the Train at Cascade Creek