Well, I thought I better post some stoke up from this trip since I got a wicked deal on it from TGR (thanks Lee). Our trip turned out to be timed perfect, with the tail end of a big storm just as we arrived and another storm for the last day of the trip, and the start of a nasty warming trend as we flew out. I'll probably go light on the words. Hopefully other maggots on the trip will post some of their stoke.
Tunage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-c...1422411861#t=6
M-ruta finds a diving board
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9428bb71.jpg
Skian doubles the same feature
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2b7d5a0f.jpg
Hocus Pocus couloir, the base is literally a 10 min skin from the hut
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pse13d3241.jpg
On Nordic skiers summit
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pse97231c8.jpg
Looking down at Nordic Glacier and Escargot peak. Wedding Bells is the ramp run in profile
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8b39c139.jpg
Nice ice face down the skiers summit
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1d11eb46.jpg
Then a short skin up Escargot for Wedding bells. Looks OK
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7b978af1.jpg
Wedding Bells
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4f4c5528.jpg
Nordic peaks. L-R: White Russian col, Merlin Peak, Black Russian col, Nordic east, center, west peaks, skiers summit.
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps860a3b81.jpg
Ski with me, skin in the dark (pre-dawn on Nordic)
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psedc6b6d2.jpg
Sunrise on the Nordic Glacier
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psf14677ef.jpg
Looking back to Iconoclast Mtn S face
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psd5394c4c.jpg
Climbing to Nordic center peak
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8829fa69.jpg
And looking back to Nordic W peak. The meter-odd of unconsolidated was hard to come to terms with regardless of pit results so we passed on this sick peak
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2343d420.jpg
Looking south to the Dawson group
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps99fa4e70.jpg
Climbing to Nordic East peak from the col
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa820b15.jpg
Looking down the face on the East peak
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb2d3778.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps330f0094.jpg
Playing in the ice
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pse012631c.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0cb77ee3.jpg
Coming down to the Black Russian col run
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6c884d0f.jpg
Curious critter
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps575bffd2.jpg
M-ruta sendin
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psfc2d3bb2.jpg
Sorcerer lodge is super sweet. Our little group spent most of our time in the alpine, but other groups just skied the trees and endless N-E facing pillow fields below the lodge most of the week. The pillow bang-for-the-buck is seriously ridiculous. Tons of other treeline runs around, and I barely scratched the surface of alpine features around Iconoclast (limited weather days). I tried my utmost to ski most everything I'd want to ski, but I'd definitely go back, there's so much left to do.
