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Thread: best couloir in north america?
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04-05-2007, 09:19 PM #201PowderdDonutsMakeMeGoNuts
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Black Hole Couloir
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04-05-2007, 09:55 PM #202
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02-20-2008, 12:33 AM #203Registered User
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That's the West Trident Couloir on Mt. Beelzebub. I was on day 5 skiing in from Anchorage, and I don't think helicopters can fly in that part of the Chugach. So it would take a pretty impressive kite-boarding approach to get this one done in the 3 day requirement for this forum.
My vote: the Southeast Couloir on the South Teton. It meets my top 2 criteria: skiable from the summit and you can rip it without a chute on your back. I'll post my photo of it if I can figure out how to do it.
Camel Toad, how'd you end up with that photo anyway?
-- NeunerLast edited by Neuner; 02-20-2008 at 12:46 AM.
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02-20-2008, 01:27 AM #204Will work for snow
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Telegasm has the accurate info for this route.
I tried to climb and ski this route after drinking too much at an employee party back in 2002. The conditions were good at that time. The bottom had just started to melt out. It can be skied in midwinter after a long cold spell. Wait until you see how much terrain empties into the bottom of this route. Pick your year and day right!!
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02-20-2008, 01:33 AM #205Will work for snow
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I agree with Mt Moran as the coolest big skiable line. when you first see it in good conditions, it just says "come and ski me".
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02-20-2008, 05:21 AM #206
Alaska Range, day trip from road
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02-20-2008, 06:34 AM #207
I know this one has already been posted but I really wanted to share this pic
Aemers Couloir, Mt Temple Lake, Louise AB"When the mountains speak, wise men listen" -John Muir
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02-20-2008, 07:49 AM #208
Not sure if it really counts as a couloir per se, but here's my 2 cents...
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02-20-2008, 10:03 AM #209
Goddamn misty jong, where is that?
Have you skied that? The line in the center of the pic is burl, but the one to the right of it, coming off the peak is crazy.
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02-20-2008, 10:08 AM #210Registered User
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^^^^ that's gotta be one of the narrowest and longest coolies i've ever seen.
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02-20-2008, 10:26 AM #211
thank you for the status reminder mr jenkins.
answers:
1] tucked away safely deep in the Cascades within the catchment of a certain unnamed heli op...
2] no, sadly not. we pleaded desperately with the guide but he said no dice. apparently one of the criteria for being granted permission to hit this line is having the ability to complete a parallel turn
3]hard to tell exact width/size as we only flew past but i have it on good authority that the piece de resistance in the middle of shot is a sustained 50-55 top to bottom. add a couple for the line off peak.
besides being potentially the sickest line ever skied, conditions would have to be 103% perfect or else the phrase "terrain trap" springs to mind.
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02-20-2008, 10:43 AM #212"In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair." -Emerson
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02-20-2008, 10:59 AM #213"Have you ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by a bunch of teenage girls?" "No" "Then forget the monastery."
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02-20-2008, 01:39 PM #214rm -rf *
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Yo check this out
Thanks to Sergio Verdina for the photoLast edited by Lani; 02-20-2008 at 01:40 PM. Reason: edit for foto credit
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02-20-2008, 05:30 PM #215
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02-20-2008, 06:34 PM #216Will work for snow
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Good thread, more photos please, bump.
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02-20-2008, 06:39 PM #217
Spire Peak couloirs
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02-20-2008, 06:53 PM #218
Don't think this has shown up yet. Whitetail Peak in the Beartooths, MT.
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03-10-2008, 10:56 AM #219
FASP E face
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03-11-2008, 11:39 AM #220
Apocalypse Couloir, Prospectors mtn, Tetons.
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03-11-2008, 03:59 PM #221
MT WILLIAMSON, CA -- GIANT STEPS COULOIR
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03-15-2008, 05:22 PM #222
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03-15-2008, 06:19 PM #223
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03-15-2008, 06:19 PM #224Registered User
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Maroon peak
This is the southwest face of Maroon Peak, CO
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03-15-2008, 10:02 PM #225
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