Crestone Peak: Skiing Powder in May on a Colorado 14er
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2019
- The weather was forecasted to be cloudless and warm but instead we got snow the day before and another skiff as we set off in the morning. I guess it wouldn’t be much of an adventure if things went as forecasted. In this episode Christof and I set off to ski Crestone Peak in the Sangre De Cristo wilderness of Colorado. At 14,294 this peak will be Christof highest to date and the weather isn’t rolling out the carpet for him.
Some music provided by: Godrocket / god-rocket
You guys are ANYTHING but mediocre, holy cow, what a season you've had! Christof, I can't believe you let Danny talk you into these sufferfests but I'm glad he does. Fantastic series guys!
Lucky for me I'm usually the only guy with time availability so he has no choice.
you guys are great. I'd love to see an interview style post about each of you...where you live, what you do for work, how you got into all these activities, etc
Don't understand CZcams's algorithm: people doing nothing get millions of views and here y'all don't get that much. Keep it up though. From a huge fan.
Third time watching this and still cheering Christoph on. “C’mon, Christoph! You got this!!!” I’ve been there. Funny how it’s like childbirth (so I hear) and you wake up the next day having forgotten how painful it was at the time. And then start looking for the next climb..
Loved discovering your channel in the last few weeks, having a lot of fun making my way through the videos. Keep it up
If mountains look intense and jagged on a gopro that means its REAL epic up there
Hey guys, I have a few recommendations for you as a Coloradan.
Freeway on the second flatiron of Boulder, super cool easy class 5 scramble, could be done in just a few hours even when being super careful.
Dead dog couloir on Torreys Peak, super fun snow climb, awesome steep 50+ degrees ski descent.
South-North Arapaho Peak traverse, class 4
Lone Eagle Peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, class 4
Shit for brains couloir by Abasin, steep snow.
Kieners Route on Longs Peak, 5.4, easy snow
I think you guys are perfectly capable of doing any of those unroped, the only exception is a few very exposed sections on Kieners but it really depends on your comfort level and the conditions.
Thanks for the list. I've copied and pasted it to my own. I've always been intrigued by the flatirons.
@@MediocreAmateur I live in Boulder and would be happy to take you up! The second is super manageable. It can be done easily in less than an hour. Or you can string together several and make it a fun day.
Again ,excellent camera and editing work.
Llevo suscrito a vuestro canal desde hace meses,y cada vez que veo alguno de vuestros vídeos,nuevos o atrasados,pienso que hay una increíble calidad en ellos.No entiendo como este canal no ha llegado ya a los 100.000 suscriptores,pero intento difundirlo aquí en España entre mis contactos.Seguro que pronto llegamos a los 100k🤙
Muchisimas gracias por el apollo!
Absolutely Amazing!!! Crazy Awesome.... Be Safe Out there Love watching these Videos I can't believe there's only 12K Subs just Not right should be Way More
I rock climbed the needle a couple seasons ago and man am I jealous of the exit you guys got on skis. That hike down to the car is a slog after 14 hours of being out.
That’s awesome that you can pull that off. It’s a tough day per that route to hike it. 12 hour day for my wife and I. Thanks for sharing this incredible day
I love your channel. Thank you for sharing this with us
That’s amazing! Congratulations to you both on your successful climb.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your inspiring trips!
Wow, now that is such incredible winter scenery. Great accomplishment! Thanks for sharing.
Ever inspiring effort, well done. You're my hero's.
What an amazing adventure! You two are unbelievable. Well done👍🏻👍🏻
Man I feel your pain! Excellent video, excellent route and great job sticking it out when you feel you have hit the wall. Great channel!
Just discovered this channel and man am I glad. Incredible stuff you guys are doing and the scenery is amazing!! Well done!
You guys are awesome! I'm going to Colorado a lot this summer to cross off some 14ers. Thanks for the snow update :)
You guys are such an inspiration!!!! Thank you so much for putting so muchy effort into filiming these adventures, it's such a joy to see the world through your experiences!
Danny waxing lyrically what a great day it was as Christof is doing what sounds like trying to expel a pulmonary embolism in the background ...
You guys rock! Can't believe you don't have more views. Please continue doing what you do!
Keep doing what your doing and be safe. One of the best channels on YT
Crestone peak was one of my favorite climbs, but skiing down that couloir looks like even more fun. Might have to go back and try it some day.
Well done and thanks guys.
Welcome to Southern Colorado. The Sangres are flippin' beautiful
One of CO's most challenging 14'ers. Crazy to think it was done in those conditions. Awesome! Bout time for me to get out there!
Your adventures are totally effing awesome!!.. Hell of a job of manning up Christof!. It takes big balls to tackle a fourteener with whooping cough !!!!
Your hats are bomb man. You made me purchase my first trucker hiking hat lmao.
My new favorite channel. SUBBED! Beautiful films!
Christof's Mountain Meat is always a treat.
Studs. That looked miserable on the way up, but what a bad ass ski down!!!
I've been binge watching all your episodes.
Great adventure!
Another great video. Gotta love out of season freshies. You guys remind me of me and a mate...I drag him along on my suffer fests, or what I call super forest adventure time. Give us a shout out if you ever want a guide in Australia
Super forest adventure time. I like that. If we ever get to Australia I'll give you a shout.
Danny didn't go the extra hundred meters to claim the summit... I've watched all the MA videos; never thought I'd see the day. Still, well done!
I take complete responsibility for that. At the time I could not figure out why I was moving so slow, although I was dry-heave coughing the whole day. A trip to instacare a few days later finally got me a Pertussis diagnosis (whooping cough, lol) so I can only assume my body was deep in a battle against infection. But I still live with the shame:)
@@cnuila Hardcore my friend, glad it was only an instacare visit and not an admission to the hospital. Hopefully you're feeling better now.
@@cnuila shame? I'd say it's way more admirable to see someone have the brains to know when to turn back and not even caring about summiting for the sake of summiting. Besides, you guys bagged a 14er during like peak snowpack. I'd say that is so much more cool than hiking any ol' 14er.
I can only hope to be half as good as you guys within a year or two.
@@cnuila No reason at all to feel bad about it. You guys did the smart thing. It was still a great adventure.
@@cnuila It was a good call. Every good mountaineer knows when to say no.
You do nice work with the video!
Inspiring episode.
Very nice line down!
I’ve watched a few videos on this channel, and most of the time things go somewhat wrong. Good to see a happy ending for once.
Thus the name, "mediocre amateur"! Lol(although in my mind, they're far from the amateur rank)
Great stuff. The only thing I used to differently is, I would turn the truck around so it was ready to go. Too many times I have seen deep snow in Colorado when not expected.
I gotta say, you guys always seem to do something the night before that prevents you from getting a proper sleep 😆 🍕
awesome job!!!! monsters
I love your guy’s videos! Thanks!
I can't believe you guys are not fully sponsored yet. Have you tried contacting Salomon or Black Diamond and presenting your accomplishments and seeing if they would give you money to do some crazy Alaska stuff or Andes?
nice climb dudes!!!
Feel like many years there is the semi-unexpected dump of snow during early May in CO.. definitely an eventuality to take into account when planning trips in CO during early May
What a sick trip,, me and my buddies hiked Blanca and summited right next to the crestones! Wicked video. Love it. I posted a video of it too it’s my last one I put up... glad I found urs
I looked at Blanca. Looked like a sweet summit in your video plus you hit up Great Sand Dunes NP which is a place I've looked at as well.
A story to share...Several years ago, I was heading up the trail to climb Mount Missouri. On the way up, there were two men riding horses tugging two body bags. I asked the search and rescue workers what happened. They said, in the Spring, two backcountry skiers hiked up Mount Belford and skied down and were caught in an avalanche and died.
Having worked on Vail Mountain for a couple of years, I know the crews that seek and detect vulnerable snow faces are experts. They test areas frequently. Unless you both are experts in detecting potential slides, I’d be very careful of your future adventures. You could end up like the two guys I saw. On a positive note, you guys are animals and I love the channel!
Nice work fellas! I've done that and it is indeed a burly day with that grind back over Broken Hand. Not to mention the effort it takes to film the outing. Tell me you went back to the hotel before driving back to Utah. Studly! I'm definitely cutting you some slack for not getting to the summit, (it's a sketchy bit) but you have to live with that one. Danny, you are ready for the Andies and the Himalaya. You better get after it or you'll be kicking yourself in 20 years.
I would love to go to the Andies or Himalayas. I will say we have mention South America several times when discussing upcoming adventure ideas.
When we attempted Blanca it was worse, and on Memorial Day no less. A French team were doing all three fourteeners - Blanca, Ellingwood, and Little Bear. We bailed - they were trapped on knife ridge between LB and Blanca and had to rapell off. They said it was heavier than the Eiger. Blanca is famous for sudden storms.
been waiting!
Well done again! Another great video and challenging trip! Did I mention when We skied back in March that the Crestones are two of my favorite Mountains? I hope you enjoyed them!
It's an awesome mountain range and I want to say that you did mention that. I'm assuming that's what secretly motivated me to go there.
Real sufferfest there. Im jealous. Gotta get me another one of those...
I love your videos, bodacious A.F
Crestone Peak was one of my favorite climbs. I've skied a few of them, but not this one.
Great video! You should visit Colorado more.
Planning on it. Such a cool place.
Elevation is no joke, it puts the hurt on ya. Great video
That is totally cool stuff. That M A hat is sweet where can I guy get one ?
Awsome video as usual. When are y'all gonna start selling the sweet MA hats?
Every episode I find myself asking WTF are you guys doing up there.... and by the end I am like damn that is WHY.
Another great adventure and story. What happened to your Kastle skis? Did you not like them?
I totally feel u on that pizza decision... and the regret.
Needs like a mil views
i did this with a aortic aneurysm on board. three weeks later i was in major sug to fix it. of course i didn't know it at the climb.
Amazing there’s still snow this late in the season.
I couldn't believe it either.
Mediocre Amateur I’m getting the most of this season. Skiing until August.
Love that, as a NZer, you’re wearing Mons Royale gear! When will the mediocre team be out our way?
Where can I get that black cap you're wearing at the beginning of the vid? Went to your store but couldn't find it. It's awesome. Love your videos and would like to support!
Incredible adventure Danny as always. Really makes me want to get into the ski mountaineering scene. Seems like a lovely way to shave off the miles on decent. Also diggin' the new cap, haven't seen that one before I don't think. You putting any up for sale that I've missed? Would love to support the channel while running the trails. Cheers!
You should take up ski mountaineering. It's a great way to get through the winter.
Wow......👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
You guys need to do Pike's peak, up and down suffer fest, about a marathon
Hey guys! Wondering what skis you use?
Mountain MEAT
Great job guys- what are the packs you’re using there? And are those Petzl Leopard crampons?
I'm using the Dynafit Chugach 32 czcams.com/video/oGIzvxwsHJQ/video.html and Danny is using the Salomon X-Alp 30 czcams.com/video/kkDiWuWp6F8/video.html
Both are excellent fast and light mountaineering backpacks, although we've found the upper strap of the on-the-fly ski carry on the salomon to be annoyingly fickle. Dynafit has their hook system dialed on all their packs.
Good eye on the crampons. In my (mediocre) opinion, there's no reason to use anything else until you absolutely need steel. They are incredibly durable and reliable despite their feathery weight.
Need to get some all terrains
christof got some rancid mountain meat
that is a fund Mountain and trailhead to climb. Never skied it.
How did you get avalanche safety training? I love canyoneering and downhill skiing so i have the rope and skiing skills necessary. However, the one thing holding me back from purchasing new bindings and skiing the backcountry is concerns about my lack of avalanche safety training. I don’t want to lead my friends to an icy death. Any recommendations on a training place would be awesome! Thanks for your videos, they are badass and extremely motivating!!!
I would suggest looking into the AIARE Avalanche Training Courses. You can take basic courses to start out and then work your way into a full Avalanche Safety Certification. There are courses all over the country (or you can travel and turn it into a "vacation"). avtraining.org/
+1 to Cody. There's a series of courses called "know before you go" that many avalanche centers are starting to run in different regions that will give you an introduction. I highly recommend at the least planning to get your Avalanche Level I certification.
Christof and I summitted our first CO 14ers in the same month. Admittedly my weather conditions were A LOT nicer.
Ok, but for real I want to know the names of the Songs these guys use in there videos!
Danny had Pizza Power. Next time, Christof needs to eat a whole pie too.
hey, does anybody know what backpacks were using ? I really like Christof's
I'm using the Dynafit Chugach 32 czcams.com/video/oGIzvxwsHJQ/video.html which has since been updated and re-branded the Dynafit Free 32, and Danny is using the Salomon X-Alp 30 czcams.com/video/kkDiWuWp6F8/video.html
Both are excellent fast and light mountaineering backpacks, although we've found the upper strap of the on-the-fly ski carry on the salomon to be annoyingly fickle. Dynafit has their hook system dialed on all their packs.
I was wondering this too, thanks for asking and thank you Christof for sharing!
Damn. Could the snow have been any better?
Nope.
You didnt try the jump at th end of the coular !!!🙈
Have you or do you ever plan on doing Kings Peak?
We tried in our latest video. It was definitely tough.
Where’s Blake? I’m new to your videos, so sorry if you get tired of answering that question?
Danny and I went to high school together and we re-connected a few years back. In a weird coincidence, Blake's career started to make huge demands on his time at the same point that mine started to afford me a ton of time off and flexibility. Blake is a legend and I hope to share a mediocre adventure with him soon. His fan-club deserves it:)
What do these guys do for a career/living? Genuinely curious.
I think Christof is a pilot.
Ben Slevin pretty sure that’s Matt from my googling he runs a helicopter school i think
@@benslevin1726 Christof is a pilot, but i wonder what Danny does
If you guys had eaten Little Debbie pastries you would have made the summit.
Culebra (snake) Peak is the furthest south Fourteener.
Are you guys worried about avalanches?
CubieMe always
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Why do you guys always eat such utter crap before these beastly efforts?
I'm amazed that more people don't heckle them about it.
Every video these guys complain about eating bad food the night before 😆🤣😂
Wait, complaining about having eaten a whole pizza for dinner, then eating Hostess donuts for breakfast?
Aren't we all guilty of occasionally biting off a bit too much mountain meat?
Love the vids but can you guys try to put some new music in? Definitely getting monotonous with the same music in every video...
I agree. The hard part with these videos is finding music without any restrictions or strings attached. I settled for this last video but maybe I'll purchase some licensed music for my next video. Unless, you have a suggestion where I can find music with no copyright restrictions?
The laughable record reassuringly fire because tiger psychologically lick upon a strange drive. loud, tidy vein
"I ate a whole pizza and it reminded me every 30 minutes" lol these guys always complaining about them being nauseous because of the food they ate. Stop being a baby or stop mentioning it.
The clapping music is awful and distracting.