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Mount Toll Southeast Face

An Indian Peaks super-classic.

Ski Touring Difficult

Distance
1.3 km
Ascent
6 m
Descent
473 m
Duration
0-1 hrs
Low Point
3.5 km
High Point
3.9 km
Gradient
35˚
Mount Toll Southeast Face Map

There's a reason this descent is so popular: it's nice and easy (ski-mountaineering-speaking), and follows an aesthetic line down a striking peak. This should be on every Front Range ski mountaineer's bucket list.

Description

Follow the Mitchell Lake Trail to Blue Lake. Cross the lake, and now angle towards the peak. There's a relatively easy gully to follow through the rocks to get into the basin below the line. Climb the face on the looker's left side to preserve the skiing on the face. Once you reach the upper ridge, take it north to the summit. On the ski back down there's an option to get a few steep turns on the skier's left side.

Difficulty

Difficult

Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.

Low Exposure (E1)

1 out of 4

Exposure is limited to that of the slope itself. Getting hurt is still likely if the slope is steep and/or the snow is hard.

Remoteness

3 out of 4

Little chance of being seen or helped in case of an accident.

Best time to visit

between April and June

Features

  • Face
  • Alpine
  • Single Descent
  • Ski Mountaineering

Equipment required

  • Skins
  • Crampons