Esoteric Global Descents?

[alev]

Seems like there is a 'resort' on Teide. Has anyone ever heard of someone skiing Cuba? I'm loving this thread. More photos and TRs.

[munkyman]

Northern tip of Manhattan. Skiable when there's 2'+ of snow (but lots of underbrush to avoid!).

[muted reborn]

Seems like there is a 'resort' on Teide. Has anyone ever heard of someone skiing Cuba? I'm loving this thread. More photos and TRs.

I’ve been to the top of Teide - it’s a cable car for tourists run year round. I don’t know if it snows often and the hike out through lava fields would suck, ha

[alpinevibes]

Seems like there is a 'resort' on Teide. Has anyone ever heard of someone skiing Cuba? I'm loving this thread. More photos and TRs.

“Virtual resort”

[thefrush]

Zion National Park, Upper Emerald Pool.

[abraham]

Ha that's kinda goofy but a cool spot. How many turns did you get?


Seems like this might fit in here, came across it this weekend. Mount Tyree in Antarctica. I don't know which face this is, the three sources I found weren't in agreement. But it's a pretty compelling line of snow.

[Norseman]

How about some South American skidreams.


Alpamayo, the "most beautiful mountain in the world" (and where Arne Backstrom died iirc? edit, same range, dif mtn)






Aconcagua, highest point in the Americas, dry af:






Chimborazo, the furthest point from Earth's center:




Closely followed by Huascaran at 22kft. I've been in the valley below this one and it's a monster, like 12000 feet above the town of Huaraz:






And for fun... I occasionally dream of returning to the Huayhuash to ski one of these big dogs. Took these a dozen years ago while hiking around the range.

[McDee]

Not exotic in the sense that it normally would have snow, but that peak the peak is so crazy. Reminds me of alpamayo? (Not sure if that's the right mountain)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AkigzUFr3ys

[rod9301]

Not exotic in the sense that it normally would have snow, but that peak the peak is so crazy. Reminds me of alpamayo? (Not sure if that's the right mountain)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AkigzUFr3ys

Great movie

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[alpinevibes]

Not exotic in the sense that it normally would have snow, but that peak the peak is so crazy. Reminds me of alpamayo? (Not sure if that's the right mountain)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AkigzUFr3ys

Yeah, that was a good one. Strong crew!


How about a remote Korean island?



https://www.theskijournal.com/issue_...e/south-korea/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMQ...EAMAXADVENTURE

[bodywhomper]

I always thought that the trick for many of these trips was surviving GI issues enough to accomplish objectives or having a stomach of steel.

Goldenboy, hope the trip goes well! A close friend has a ski trip booked to Ladakh this later this spring, I think, maybe, with the same guide as you.

[kamtron]

Jack mountain, North Cascades


https://pbase.com/nolock/image/141348590

Lots of other remote Cascadian summits that would require some esoteric efforts to get to

[McDee]

Maybe more in line with the original esoteric decent criteria

https://youtu.be/BxYx7J3L2EY

Some day I'd love go hike in the rwenzori range, looks absolutely crazy.

[thefrush]

For being in the States, this is pretty f'ing out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYBRwe7VcpY

[alpinevibes]

For being in the States, this is pretty f'ing out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYBRwe7VcpY

Yeah that was a mission! [though the line had been skied before]

I was just reading this week about Lowell Skoog's original trip into the Pickets in Written in the Snows. Wild place - http://alpenglow.org/skiing/pickets-1985/index.html

[McDee]

Yeah that was a mission! [though the line had been skied before]

I was just reading this week about Lowell Skoog's original trip into the Pickets in Written in the Snows. Wild place - http://alpenglow.org/skiing/pickets-1985/index.html

That was pretty awesome. The read up was cool to. Wonder if there's anything in old editions of the alpine journal or similar on first expeditions in the pickets.

[L82thegate]

Think The Swallows Nest, a mountaineering gear shop that was in Seattle had some pic's of their Pickets adventure on the catalog, one being the cover? That was off the hook for most of us week-end warriors trundling around less remote and more civilized places. Hardly anyone going randonee back then, fewer doing epics.

[bodywhomper]

There was some great picketing in the 00’s, too. Mags were involved. Stories were shared n Hummel’s, Sky’s, and Ben’s blogs.

[alpinevibes]

There was some great picketing in the 00’s, too. Mags were involved. Stories were shared n Hummel’s, Sky’s, and Ben’s blogs.

Friday's summer reading list:

https://skisickness.com/2003/06/15/

https://skisickness.com/2004/04/03/

http://www.cascadecrusades.org/SkiMo...averse2004.htm

http://cascadeclassics.org/NorthCasc...k_Spring03.htm

http://cascadeclassics.org/NorthCasc...y_Spring03.htm

[alpinevibes]

Southern Indian Ocean High Points?

Mont Ross, 6,070' on the Kerguelen Islands:




Big Ben (Mawson Peak), 9,005' on Heard Island, Australia's high point:





Mont Marion-Dufresne, 3,576' on Île de l'Est, Îles Crozet:





Mascarin Peak, 4,040' on Marion Island, South Africa:

[raisingarizona13]

If we could get an 8 foot deep snow pack in Sedona there'd be some serious bangers dropping off the Rim through the sedimentary rock layers and spires.

A more possible or obtainable objective could be skiing some of those big multiple drop lines off Mount Charleston in Vegas. It does line up from time to time.

[goldenboy]

Well, there's always this 10 year old who just skied every continent. Lucky girl, parents obviously have some time and money. https://snowbrains.com/10-year-old-g...-7-continents/

[McDee]

Southern Indian Ocean High Points?

Mont Ross, 6,070' on the Kerguelen Islands:




Big Ben (Mawson Peak), 9,005' on Heard Island, Australia's high point:





Mont Marion-Dufresne, 3,576' on Île de l'Est, Îles Crozet:





Mascarin Peak, 4,040' on Marion Island, South Africa:

I've always wondered about kerguelen etc. Are there any trip reports from there? I think its not open to public, but some science types must have brought some skis along.

[Mike Pow]

Looks amazing

[MakersTeleMark]

I once talked to a farmer and asked if I could park my rally car and ski some shit in his backyard. He said yes, so I skied it.







Then I once spent 5 years trying to ski a line with an old friend:

Then we did it.

Then I got pissed off and worked on another line for another 5 years:

Then skied it solo.

Then I stopped taking photographs of lines.