Complex sentence: The gentle ascent makes for an easy climb from the east, with less danger from avalanche than on many other fourteeners, and the other slopes of the peak are steep and appeal to expert backountry skiers.
Split into simpler sentences: The gentle ascent makes for an easy climb from the east with less danger from avalanche than on many other fourteeners. The other slopes of the peak are steep and appeal to expert backountry skiers.