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Grizzly Avalanche

By Tim Mutrie

Monday, October 19, 2009

The north-facing couloir of Grizzly Peak, near Aspen off Independence Pass, is a genuine "classic." It's high (13,988 feet at the summit), steep (42 or 43 degrees) and aesthetic (dropping about a thousand feet through rock walls to the apron of Grizzly Lake, at 12,540'). Grizzly has a storied history too, dating to the late 1960s/early 1970s, when the legendary likes of Bil Dunaway, Fritz Stammberger and Chris Landry made regular missions up and down the Grizzly Couloir. It is also a classic ...

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