By Fritz Sperry
After being sold out of the book that started it all for a few years, it’s finally time to release the second edition. Most of the routes from the last book made the cut, and new routes migrated over from the Colorado North title, which will be discontinued when it sells out. There are also a few unpublished routes. All the lines are done in the latest MakingTurns style with overview topo photos and inset photos showing a point-of-view perspective of where and what the cruxes or hazards look like. My goal with the books is to get people looking in the right places when they are out there. We all know the mountains are actively trying to kill us, insider info into where the hazards lie is what the books are all about. From the up to the down, I try to light the way. Over the last five years, 20% of avalanche fatalities have been from groups ascending the path in winter/dry conditions, including one on Mount Trelease; the previous five years had zero ascending deaths. Take the time to read the introduction and the entire route descriptions; in many cases, the right way up is as important as the right way down because a great skin track controls our exposure to hazards, exposure is all we really can control.
The Tenmile Mosquito is one of my favorite zones in the world. From Tenmile Canyon to the 14ers and other high summits, the range offers up the goods. Frisco has almost 2,700′ of vertical tree skiing and 4,000′ canyon lines. The 14ers offer tight couloirs, big faces, wide gullies, and huge bowls, and a season that regularly extends well into mid-summer.
This is a Pre-Sale order, with free shipping.
Delivery is planned for Early December ’24
$40.00 + 8% Sales Tax + $0.00 Shipping = $43.20
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