Snowmass West Slopes and Lead King Basin Drive

[@afrost5894]

Great beta on this route. Thanks!

[@FC-fx7zu]

❤ Awesome!! I just subscribed today!! You women are amazing! I hope to be just as badass someday!! 🙏🙏

[@BABsOutside]

Thanks SO MUCH for subscribing and commenting! Hope we can cross paths on the trail and check out babsoutside.com for ways to BAB it up with us!

[@markb3806]

Here I was thinking Lead King Basin might be a good alternative to the long approach on the standard route. Not so sure after watching that. Looks loose and exposed.

[@BABsOutside]

If you have a car to get through Lead King that was the worst part. It is most definitely loose so you have to be careful but you can climb some of the ridge. We did that half way up and all the way down to avoid that scree. There was one move that I would say was closer to Class 4 that was pretty exposed, but otherwise, it felt safer than the loose dirt.

[@bellaoleksy2935]

that exposure tho! 😳

[@BABsOutside]

It was a great warm up for Pyramid Peak the next day! We were most definitely nervous! The way down wasn't as bad as up though surprisingly.