Comments on: Mountain Lessons: Summer Skiing Slide for Life https://dev.14erskiers.com/2017/03/mountain-lessons-summer-skiing-slide-for-life/ Backcountry skiing, biking, hiking in Crested Butte, Colorado & beyond - Created by Brittany Konsella & Frank Konsella Thu, 30 Mar 2017 03:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brittany Walker Konsella https://dev.14erskiers.com/2017/03/mountain-lessons-summer-skiing-slide-for-life/#comment-22442 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 03:55:10 +0000 https://dev.14erskiers.com/?p=424796#comment-22442 In reply to Monte.

Crazy story Monte! Sounds very similar to mine! Glad you were alright!

]]> By: Monte https://dev.14erskiers.com/2017/03/mountain-lessons-summer-skiing-slide-for-life/#comment-22441 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:16:52 +0000 https://dev.14erskiers.com/?p=424796#comment-22441 Crampons are your best friends !
I too almost learned a terrible lesson the hard way.

For a late spring (I think it was June) walk-up of Castle,
I left my crampons in the truck in favor of (lighter weight) micro spikes.

They worked great in the morning on the frozen crust.

However on the down climb around noon, the surface had turned into
a couple of inches of slush over hard ice. The micro spikes were useless.

I took a 50 meter uncontrolled snow slide – finally stopping with my butt hanging
on the edge of a 10 meter precipice with a boulder pile below.

I now carry my crampons WHENEVER there is the possibility of ice or snow.

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