Bagging Peaks in the Aspen Snowmass Backcountry

Bevan Waite | Post Tag for BackcountryBackcountry

This video will make your mouth water so aggressivelyย you’ll get dehydrated. ย Morgan Boyles and Jake Sakson—the Telemark Mountaineering dream-team out of Aspen Snowmass—go BIG linking up two of Aspen’s hugeย faces in a singleย push.

Hayden Peak Line
Hayden Peak Line

With a round trip of over 20 miles and 13,000 vertical feet of skiing,ย the team tops it off by Telemarkingย each 3000+ foot line top to bottom without stopping—from 13,000 feet… ย Seriously? ย See for yourself, it’s nuts. ย This video represents the fusion of mountaineering, the enlightenment of backcountry slogging, and the fluidity of telemark freeriding.ย  Sit back and enjoy imagining your legs burn like molten leadย on Venus.

Stats
Stats
Hayden from the top.
Hayden from the top.
Hunter from the top.
Hunter from the top.

 


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