Crystal Peak's north face from Highway 91 outside of Copper
Sunrise on the southern Tenmile range
Jay and Rainier skinning over the ridge to Mayflower Gulch
In Mayflower Gulch (where we thought we had started)
Kona and J climbing above Mayflower Gulch, we mistakenly started in another gulch on the far side of the ridge
First view of Crystal Peak (the second small summit in the far distance)
Moving closer
J, Andy and the dogs on a break to admire the views
J skinning towards the saddle
Rainer takes a break below the 13,500 feet false summit
J and Andy skinning below the west face of Pacific (Mt Elbert and Mt Massive in the far distance)
Looking north from the Crystal-Pacific saddle, 13,220 feet
Looking south from the saddle (Mount of the Holy Cross in far distance)
Pacific Peak's impressive north face
The remaining route to Crystal Peak from just below the false summit
Quandary (left) and Pacific (right) Peaks
J bootpacking towards the false summit
Rainier, hair blowing in the wind
J just below the summit of Crystal
Doggy lunch on the summit
Crystal Peak (13,850 feet)
Looking down the north face, our descent route
Avoiding on the rocks on the start of the ski descent
Andy watches as I prepare to make some turns
Andy
Starting the descent on surprisingly decent snow
A few turns into the descent
Andy makes soft turns down the face
Andy takes a break
Peaks 8, 9, and 10 (left to right)
Rainier makes a high-speed descent of the steep face
J
J shows the dogs the proper route
Andy enters into a short gully with great snow
The tight couloir we skied starts below and to the right of this gully
Looking up the narrow couloir
Andy gives Kona the white-wash
Kona
J exits the couloir
Kona running back for more
J cranks a turn on the windboard snow
Myself turning down the apron
Finishing off the north face and starting the long, flat ski back to the car
Andy and J admiring the descent route
Crystal's north face
Closer look at the line throught the couloir
One last look at the north face of Crystal
J walking the short distance to our car shuttle
Rainier
Post-climb beers
Kona and Rainier wait for their ride
Google Earth photo of the route
