In the spring of 2021, I set out to ski from the summits of all the 13,000' mountains of the Elk Range in Colorado. Why? Well, the 14ers are known, but the 13ers still have a lot of adventure left within them.

The Elks are my home mountain range, so this project was a close journey to reach deeper into my home. In search of new lines, some rarely or never done. This is a snippet into that journey.

In sum, there are 52 peaks in the 13,000' category and 7 above 14,000'. Over a 61 day period, I was able to climb to the summits of all 59 peaks in total and ski off them. It was a magical time of building an understanding of the range and watching my fitness and technical capacity become dialed - a true flow at home.

Special thanks to Luke Tornare who filmed this and edited it with me.

A special thanks also goes out to Julian Dysart for his wonderful music.

Neal Beidleman and I connected for the first time after I wrapped up this project and shared some nice thoughts about our mutual love for these mountains. There is a full filmed conversation between us. Would you like to see an uncut version of that uploaded to YouTube?

A final special thanks to James Brundige for camera gear and inspiration for filmmaking.

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