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Thread: best couloir in north america?
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06-04-2008, 06:26 PM #251
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That is fucking sick!
Originally Posted by nick > jesus
anyone know anything about this one?
it is behind the south east border of telluride
its long and steep, and seems to hold snow well
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06-04-2008, 06:33 PM #252
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Look at my post A day to remeber
Thats San Joaquine. Bear Creek Telluride. Skied it on Sunday. Very cool chute
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06-04-2008, 06:44 PM #253
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San Joaquin Chute... Classic! Unfortunately I was out of town for Andys memorial ski descent but I did ski K12 (Ophir to Telluride) last thursday and the corn was in perfect shape all the way to the bear creek boulder. Andy would have loved those buff conditions but coulda' handled crusty boilerplate on bump skis just as well!!! We'll miss you Andy!!
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07-07-2008, 01:59 PM #254
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Not NA but putting it in anyway
Per powstash corrected the Val Scura del Sassongher in Italy. Figured it was worthy of a X-post. 2500 meters of a line, 750m in the coulior.
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02-27-2009, 07:48 PM #255
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03-01-2009, 12:27 PM #256
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Rountop Mountain near Kirkwood, CA Crescent couloirhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/...5d0179e2b5.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/...73524f62_b.jpg
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03-01-2009, 03:02 PM #257
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^ embedding for yaBe careful about buying snowboard goggles for skiing. Snowboard goggles come in right eye and left eye (for goofy-footers) dominant models. This can make it hard to see correctly when skiing because you are facing straight down the hill, not sideways.
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03-03-2009, 01:50 PM #258
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Thanks, Dreaming. I had a flu for a week, and I was in such bad mental shape, couldn't figure out how to post, and did not have the energy to try again.
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06-11-2009, 11:38 PM #259
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Bump, because this thread kicks ass
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06-12-2009, 09:29 AM #260
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This line is fantastic. Originally Posted by nick > jesus
Didn't search, don't care, but I'm sure someone has already mentioned the Big in Big Sky, but I'll give it a nod as best hero couloir. Easy access, asthetic, low consequence.
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06-12-2009, 10:35 AM #261
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Me and another attempted to ski the left branch off Ypsilon Mountain in the picture below last weekend but weren't successful. However, we did run into two guys on the hike out that dropped in from the top without first climbing up it which is something that wish they hadn't done.
Not sure if the right branch has been skied before. Estimates are that its over 60-degrees for the full 800 feet before ending above an ice fall that would obviously require a rappel. Timing has to be near-perfect considering runnel development and cornice breaking.
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06-12-2009, 10:38 AM #262
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Originally Posted by NPG
Me and another attempted to ski the left branch off Ypsilon Mountain in the picture below last weekend but weren't successful. However, we did run into two guys on the hike out that dropped in from the top without first climbing up it which is something that wish they hadn't done.
Not sure if the right branch has been skied before. Estimates are that its over 60-degrees for the full 800 feet before ending above an ice fall that would obviously require a rappel. Timing has to be near-perfect considering runnel development and cornice breaking.
There's no f-ing way that's 60 degrees for over 800 feet. Simply not possible in colorado. Especially for all 800 feet. Try again.
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06-12-2009, 10:45 AM #263
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not the best but...
my bro snapped this picture while driving through montana somewhere. looks like a wild one.
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06-12-2009, 10:48 AM #264
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Mission Mnts^^^^^
who told you that you could ski here
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06-12-2009, 10:59 AM #265
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Maybe a stretch, but not my claim. But, perhaps you'll settle for [ame=http://www.tetongravity.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=124984]half the distance[/ame] Originally Posted by powdherb
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06-12-2009, 03:07 PM #266
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Pretty line. Amazing country. Originally Posted by PROVO
my bro snapped this picture while driving through montana somewhere. looks like a wild one.
How certain are you about that? Not doubting... hoping you're right. Originally Posted by Jesus lizard
My wife's family has property on Finley Point. Could prove to be a point of origin for tactical strikes in the Mission Mountains.
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06-12-2009, 04:12 PM #267
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missions fo sho.
Originally Posted by JoeStrummer
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06-13-2009, 09:10 AM #268
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They hypo is the coolest one ive skied, especially when its icy as F**K and there isnt really enough snow to make it a fun "utah" descent.
Last edited by smuggs; 06-13-2009 at 09:12 AM.
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06-13-2009, 09:50 PM #269
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The knuckledragger in Waterton Park.
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06-14-2009, 09:10 AM #270
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Waldo Couloir
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06-14-2009, 07:22 PM #271
Como Estan, Bitches!
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NPG, the right branch has been soloed.
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06-15-2009, 07:24 AM #272
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Wait, which Andy??????????????????????????????? Originally Posted by DropCliffsNotBombs
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06-15-2009, 11:36 AM #273
Como Estan, Bitches!
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Google "Little Wasatch Face" Originally Posted by DoWork
Wait, which Andy???????????????????????????????
Some good telluride steep skiing history.
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06-15-2009, 02:45 PM #274
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so i was reading through this thread looking at the photos when i saw the hypo one. "wow that looks almost as shitty as the day I skied it", i thought. Then I noticed that the jacket was a similar color as well, and that it was, in fact, a picture of me skiing it. Originally Posted by smuggs
They hypo is the coolest one ive skied, especially when its icy as F**K and there isnt really enough snow to make it a fun "utah" descent.
cool shot, never saw that one before
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06-15-2009, 07:28 PM #275
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just because no one has posted this in 12 pages
central, jackson WY, taken from the bottom after a SKETCHY feb 15 descent this winter
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