A Couple of Couloirs
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:14 pm
So these aren't super unique lines.
But what is amazing about this TR is that they were both skied by Maddy, who's been skiing for a little bit more than a year, with literally no experience before that.
After Sky & I skied Cheakamus the day before. We had a lazy New Years Eve and left the Russet hut shortly after 11am to go ski the Banana Chute on Fissile. Re-charged with a butter fried frozen bagel breakfast, we set off for the South Face of Fissile and made our way onto a moraine, where we could boot pack up the rotten south facing snow.
Maddy topping out:
There was a big hollow sounding slab at the top, so we skied down the ridge a bit and the snow felt a bit better. I crossed one spot with some funky snow and found the snow to be better on skiers right, where it'd been a bit more sheltered from all the arctic outflows.
On the upper part of the banana chute:
At the bottom:
Maddy wanted more. So after a New Years Day recovery, we went up to the Duffy to ski the Aussie couloir.
Somehow, after a week of sunshine, there were still no tracks to be seen on the Anniversary glacier
There we go:
After a bit of a sweaty, hot slog:
We got to the top of the couloir, and booted over to the summit. Maddy was feeling a bit intimated, so we didn't ski off the summit, but put our skis back on at the top of the couloir.
Can't stop her now:
We stopped at the Keith's hut for a quick break on the way out, and made it out before it got dark.
But what is amazing about this TR is that they were both skied by Maddy, who's been skiing for a little bit more than a year, with literally no experience before that.
After Sky & I skied Cheakamus the day before. We had a lazy New Years Eve and left the Russet hut shortly after 11am to go ski the Banana Chute on Fissile. Re-charged with a butter fried frozen bagel breakfast, we set off for the South Face of Fissile and made our way onto a moraine, where we could boot pack up the rotten south facing snow.
Maddy topping out:
There was a big hollow sounding slab at the top, so we skied down the ridge a bit and the snow felt a bit better. I crossed one spot with some funky snow and found the snow to be better on skiers right, where it'd been a bit more sheltered from all the arctic outflows.
On the upper part of the banana chute:
At the bottom:
Maddy wanted more. So after a New Years Day recovery, we went up to the Duffy to ski the Aussie couloir.
Somehow, after a week of sunshine, there were still no tracks to be seen on the Anniversary glacier
There we go:
After a bit of a sweaty, hot slog:
We got to the top of the couloir, and booted over to the summit. Maddy was feeling a bit intimated, so we didn't ski off the summit, but put our skis back on at the top of the couloir.
Can't stop her now:
We stopped at the Keith's hut for a quick break on the way out, and made it out before it got dark.