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The band of adventurers fresh for the slog up to the 10th Mountain Hut west of Leadville, Colorado. Me, Weez, Dan, JT, and Shawn, posing before the 4.5 mile journey. Weez and I are up at the cabin for 3 days and 2 nights, the others are up for 4 days and 3 nights.
We must pack our food, clothes and sleeping bags for the time up in the mountains. The cabin sits at 11,300 ft and it is surrounded by a mountain ridge that reaches up to over 13,000 ft.
Shawn and Dan shouldering the hefty backcountry packs.
JT and Weez rocking up the trail...
Keeping the legs moving and taking short 10-15 second breaks are the key for me to maintaining a steady pace at this altitude of over 10,000 ft.
After several punchy climbs and a short lunch break we gained the open meadows that would bring us to the cabin.
Gaining the view of Homestake Peak is awesome and we know that we are approaching our cabin for the next few days.
Snowshoing and packing the snowboards...Weez and Yours Truly, MJ.
A short break in the cabin for a quick lunch and unpack a few supplies. Then it was out to get a few turns on a rock face that I had played around on last year.
Gotta hike up to get the turns in.
The snow started and Weez got her first turns in the backcountry this year. Looking good!
Shawn was next to feel the turns, good to get out for a bit before dark.
One more hike up the face and make the most of the daylight. The snow was starting and we would end up with about 10 - 11 inches of powder with some good winds to move the fresh snow around overnight .
Stayed up late and checked on the new snow during the night, the winds were really ripping off the mountains.
It was a very good first day and night at the 10 Mountain Hut!!
Board on!
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