Coon Hill: Northeast and southeast faces

Coon Hill (12757 feet), which is very prominent from Frisco, has very easy access from the pulloff on the west side of the tunnel and so it gets skied a lot. Start hiking uphill immediately to a bit of a bench, then keep on to reach the saddle between the summit and the southern sub-summit. On descent from the summit keep to the right after the first 500 feet for an efficient route back to the car. There is fine skiing down the northeast side as well. In winter one can start here and continue along the entire ridge back to Ptarmigan Peak and Silverthorne.

The back side of Coon Hill (12757 feet) offers some nice skiing, and the climb back over the ridge to return to the tunnel is not large. Start at the west end of the tunnel, climb Coon Hill, descend a little bit to the west to the top of the prominent couloir. On May 30, 2010, Chet Roe and I did this and found nicely soft snow for a fine descent. A few years earlier Brian Kalet and friends skied this line but then reclimbed and also skied the line that descends lookers left of the summit in the last image below.

Todd Beck on the south east face, just below the summit, on June 4, 2008.
Chet at the steep start of the northeast face.
Chet lower down.
The northeast face the day we skied the line at right.