SkiSickness

Went up Goodell Creek Trail to a camp high on the Barrier ridge above Terror Creek with my friend PHag on Tues-Thurs. I had heard many a tale of the Pickets so it was nice to finally put some faces to the names, so to speak.

Five minutes out of the lot I saw a golden eagle and then something growled at us from the woods. That pretty much set the tone for the next three days/two nights: Full on elemental confrontation.

McSpire.


Despair.


Triumph.


Deg, Terror, Rake, Blob, et al.


Terror Rake col south chute.


Headin' back to camp.


Terror Creek is FUCKING GNARLY.


Too often are these sufferfail missions a sausage fest.


Then God turned on the faucet.

Good god. I heard you were headed out there. Rad. That place is awesome.

Nice photos! Only been there in summer...need to change that.

You finally got into the shit. How's PHag?

Did you kayak out?

Phag is well. I was bragging about how I saw these gnarly Quebecois in Whistler taking Marlb Red/weed hits out of a 3-foot bong. Phag was unimpressed. "Oh you mean HP's? My Glacier crew loves those and so do I."

No kayaks, but pack raft is a possibility for next time.

Yeah yeah yeah. How did that line look on the north side of Terror-Rake Col? Some steep turns to be had there!

Good times. I wouldn't call it a sufferfail. Every worthy mountain in the Pickets deserves a suffercon.

sounds like a monster effort, sweet pics.