DMac - Nov 13, 2021 10:27 pm - Hasn't voted
Red Dashed Route in Pic Incorrect + Naming History!Searching for the origin of the name of this route (thanks SP.org user Swm88er for providing the first clue “named in honor of Powell’s route finder/spotter”…my further research led to finding the full story further below - literally written by an involved party during that era - for those interested), I came across this SummitPost route and associated pics. As I was long obsessed with skiing off the summit of Longs via Homestretch to Keplingers and finally accomplished that goal this past spring shortly before moving out of the state, I created a similar dashed line of the route as the background for my phone. But…the red dashed route in the pic here is different. I did further research via my SkiTracks satellite image route, 14ers.com etc and am fairly sure the red dashed line in the route pic should be one couloir to the left over (ie on left side of that sharktooth rock). Probably wouldn’t have bothered posting this, but also wanted to share the Keplinger’s Couloir naming story since I found it fascinating that neither the mountain nor the route that led to the first ascent was named for the person given credit for the first ascent (tho a peak nearby clearly is) so here: https://stories.grandcountyhistory.org/article/first-recorded-ascent-long’s-peak
DMac - Nov 13, 2021 10:27 pm - Hasn't voted
Red Dashed Route in Pic Incorrect + Naming History!Searching for the origin of the name of this route (thanks SP.org user Swm88er for providing the first clue “named in honor of Powell’s route finder/spotter”…my further research led to finding the full story further below - literally written by an involved party during that era - for those interested), I came across this SummitPost route and associated pics. As I was long obsessed with skiing off the summit of Longs via Homestretch to Keplingers and finally accomplished that goal this past spring shortly before moving out of the state, I created a similar dashed line of the route as the background for my phone. But…the red dashed route in the pic here is different. I did further research via my SkiTracks satellite image route, 14ers.com etc and am fairly sure the red dashed line in the route pic should be one couloir to the left over (ie on left side of that sharktooth rock). Probably wouldn’t have bothered posting this, but also wanted to share the Keplinger’s Couloir naming story since I found it fascinating that neither the mountain nor the route that led to the first ascent was named for the person given credit for the first ascent (tho a peak nearby clearly is) so here: https://stories.grandcountyhistory.org/article/first-recorded-ascent-long’s-peak
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