3/28/2023 0 Comments Free markly![]() ![]() Some backcountry skiing routes for 10th Mountain Huts, Summit Huts and Braun Huts have changed and others will change avalanche hazards may have expanded or new hazards may have formed since this website's publication. Failure to have the necessary knowledge, equipment, and conditioning will subject you to physical danger, injury, or death. Proper clothing and equipment is essential. An advanced level of expertise and physical conditioning is necessary for even the "easiest" of the routes and activities described herein. This website is not intended to be instructional but rather is a guide for backcountry users who already have the requisite training, experience, and knowledge for the activities they choose. Therefore, extreme care should be taken when following any of the backcountry skiing 10th Mountain Huts, Summit Huts and Braun Huts routes described in this website. Please note: The information in this website is based on the experience and research of the site owners and their sources, may not be accurate, and might not be perceived as accurate by other persons. With very low hazard, ski the gully and drainage from the summit.Īll Rights Reserved - Copyright 2013 - Privacy Policy- Author Louis Dawson's Google+ If you deem slide hazard to be low enough, enjoy steep glade skiing on the north face or descend the Northwest Ridge. ![]() ![]() With avalanche danger, descend your ascent route. Enjoy the views here, including a unique angle on seldom-seen Star Peak’s north face. Continue up the basin to a distinct saddle (11,440 feet) on Green Mountain's Northeast Ridge - this is 's type of place!Ĭontinue up the ridge, veer slightly left at several steep sections, and follow the ridge to the summit. Stay left, and climb over a few hillocks into the larger basin left (east) of the drainage. At 10,800 feet, cross to the left side of the gulch to avoid an avalanche slope on the right. Climb ½ mile up through conifers on the right side of the gulch. From the vicinity of the hut head southerly across the drainage to an obvious narrow gulch dropping north down from Green Mountain. Park at Ashcroft or base out of Markley Hut. Green Mountain from Express Creek & Markley Hutĭon’t mistake this for the Green Mountain near Independence Pass, (or for that matter any of the other 598 Green Mountains in North America). Continue to Taylor Pass ridge for a more advanced route but beware of avalanche slopes. Green Mountain summit is a good goal For an easy tour, head up Express Creek from the hut, staying to the timbered center of the valley to avoid avalanche runouts. You can find practice slopes on the lower reaches of Green Mountain south of the hut. You are in the midst of prime avalanche terrain at Markley Hut, so be careful. Do not continue up the main road, but rather take the spur trail as it heads near the creek and upvalley a short distance to the hut. This is the spur to Markley Hut (there may be a sign here). Indeed, during high avalanche danger, the more prudent course is simply to turn back-or not leave in the first place.Īfter you cross the avalanche paths mentioned above, you’ll pass through sparse aspen forests, and about two miles from Ashcroft you’ll come to a trail that forks right. If conditions are extremely dangerous, you can avoid these slopes by dropping lower into the drainage, but this entails laborious bushwhacking and route finding. They are relatively inactive and only slide to the trail several times a year. ![]() Here at we feel the traditional-and still best-way to deal with these slopes is simply cross them quickly one skier at a time. After about a mile the road crosses the lower portion of an avalanche path dropping from the west side of Ashcroft Mountain, and less than ½ mile past this slope the road takes you across another avy path. Once you’re past the bridge and on the east side of Castle Creek Valley, ski up obvious cut of the Express Creek Road as it makes a long southerly climbing traverse. If in doubt about parking or the route from parking, inquire at the commercial ski touring operations office near the snow plow turn at the end of Castle Creek Road. From parking, follow a public access trail that leads NE across flats to Express Creek Road, where you cross a bridge over Castle Creek. But wait, this route is still far from a dip in a warm bath, as it does cross below several large avalanche paths.Ĭheck the Aschcroft Trailhead description for parking info (see menu above, or this page intro) you’ll probably park across the street from the Toklat buildings obey parking signs. Arguably the easiest to reach of the Braun Huts, Markley is a good introduction to hut skiing. ![]()
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