Ski and snowboard enthusiasts from around the world: We have been proud to provide you with free access to snow reports, resort guides and more, and we are beyond grateful for your readership and contributions to our community over the years. In some cases it provides GPS reference points in UTM format. The whole thing reminds me of a Facebook page or some other sort of social media (or a blog?) For inquiries about Mountain News Corporation, please email Feedback_OTS@mountainnews.com. Where miners once came here for gold, skiers now flocked to the Tenmile Range for "white gold" - snow. Know the risks and understand the decision you're making. Dedicated backcountry travelers can ski nearly all of the peaks of the Tenmile Range, a range that begins with Peak One next to Frisco, and stretches due south for 10 miles to its terminus at Quandary Peak. The Great Depression nearly killed the town completely. The Tenmile Range is named for the ten numbered peaks of the range, which measure approximately ten miles (the entire range is greater in distance). Early mining methods had a permanent impact on these ancient mountains. This is a very enjoyable ridge traverse between two seldom visited 13ers. That said, it is an extremely fun ski descent in late Spring on safe snow. New Colorado guidebook covers ranges nearer Denver and other population centers. For curious skiers and riders outside Colorado, our Tenmile and Mosquito ranges are subsets of the Colorado Rockies that are closer to Denver than the mountains around Telluride, Aspen, and Crested Butte. Whether it stood lower than the Gore then, or stood off the prevailing easterly storm tracks of the time, or received more shielding from higher peaks to the east, is unclear, but to this day, the resulting topographic difference is striking, especially from the air. These high and relatively easy peaks make this range a popular destination, but solitude is very easy to find here on the several interesting and more obscure lower mountains of the range. Tenmile/Mosquito; Elk Range; Sawatch Range; Sangres; San Juans; By Author. The Mosquito Range to the south seems to be a continuous range with the Tenmile, however there are several geologic reasons to separate them, even if convention had not named the two ranges differently. Detailed for a smaller area; lots of color photos, good trailhead descriptions; no hesitation to suggest routes that range from easy tours to funky billy-goating. It draws backcountry and in-bounds skiers alike, a distinctive spine of aesthetic snow-capped peaks from Frisco to Breckenridge. A trip onto one of the lesser peaks of this range will likely change your mind about it. Backcountry Skiing and Ski Mountaineering in Rocky Mountain National Park – 2013 book by Mark Kelly with great insights into RMNP. Diving into backcountry skiing can be daunting. Quandary Peak - West Ridge (Scramble) The range then rises steadily to over 14,200 feet before settling a bit before it ends at the Continental Divide. In 1880, he built Breckenridge's first church, mostly by hand, now located on Wellington Road. Now if only it would start dumping. It is exactly the kind of guidebook I’ve been wanting to see more of here in North America. Introduction of large-scale placer mining brought life back to the town. Guidebook links may be Amazon Affiliate Links. This website makes use of cookies to track usage information. Quandary Peak (summit elevation of 14,265 feet) offers skiers the chance to summit and ski a Colorado 14er with routes off its south, east and north flanks. The Tenmile Range and surrounding locales in Summit County, Colorado have stellar backcountry skiing with deep, bone-dry powder awaiting those who venture here. This aesthetic route climbs snow, ice, and rock to an angle of 70 degrees to the summit of Pacific. White miners flocked to this region after gold was discovered in the Blue River in the 1850s, during the Pikes Peak gold rush. This canyon is a northeast facing fault-controlled gash nearly 3,000 feet deep through the shared Precambrian core of the north-trending Laramide Gore-Tenmile uplift. Two mountains in the area, Father Dyer Peak and Dyer Mountain are named for this pioneer. The Tenmile Canyon forms the northern end of the Tenmile Range. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. Plenty of the images are essential route photos, so it all works fine and many of the action shots do illustrate the terrain. Always practice sound avalanche avoidance techniques, and be sure to use the link below. On a good year, you may be able to ski well into July. In December 1961, Rounds and Porter, a Wichita, Kansas, lumber company, opened the Breckenridge Ski Area and a new-boom era began. Price New from Used from Paperback, January 1, 2012 "Please retry" $28.79 . Two popular backcountry areas include Peak Six and Peak Five (both accessible via access gates at the [R77R, Breckenridge Ski Resort]). Please take the time to read our section on Avalanche Safety to learn more. Developing a Terrain-Use Mindset — Say What? We take comfort knowing that our collective passion for the sport of skiing and snowboarding will certainly live on. All Rights Reserved. General Spencer laid out a grid for the town of Breckenridge, with Main Street going in adjacent to the Blue River. Truly, nowadays one can find so much how-to information for backcountry skiing that expending nearly 25 pages on a ski mountaineering primer seems a bit much. While resort skiing limits you to the confines of ski areas, backcountry skiing seemingly overwhelms you with options.