best couloir in north america?

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09-17-2013, 12:48 PM
String

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A view from just below the top with Ale
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Originally Posted by Ale_capone

photo by John Scurlock
http://thesnowtroopers.com/images/20...120601adj.jpeg

my third time, best conditions ever.
http://thesnowtroopers.com/2013/band...khole-couloir/

And those Anticline formation couloirs in canada look amazing!!
09-20-2013, 10:24 PM
skian_

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wow string what a nice line, mmmmm, Attachment 141547
09-21-2013, 11:39 AM
m-ruta

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Attachment 141360 Mt Harrison,

Mmmm. Mother of an approach in winter though, no?
09-21-2013, 08:53 PM
angrysasquatch

Who skis a Rockies 11'er in winter? Someone who really knows their shit/wants to die?
09-22-2013, 02:23 PM
raisingarizona13

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Originally Posted by goldenboy

Reading this thread, it's interesting to see the different varieties of couloirs. Intricate, twisting doglegs, arrow-straight drops, couloirs that are more ramp-y than anything else... Anyway, they're all fun. Best? I don't know, but this was my favorite last season, mostly because I've looked at it so long, and it's been a tough one to get. Terminator 3: Off the summit to a rappel.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...s2-4-09056.jpg

Ah I remember the story's about Treman skiing in there during the early 90's.
09-23-2013, 06:56 AM
MuchosPixels

Snow Creek, Mt. San Jacinto, California.

It's a grind. The climb is over 9,500 ft vert. The ski down is over 5,500 ft vert which is a nice reward.

http://images.summitpost.org/original/190268.jpg
09-23-2013, 12:34 PM
goldenboy

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Originally Posted by RaisingArizona

Ah I remember the story's about Treman skiing in there during the early 90's.

Sounds interesting. Did he get in there with the MSP guys or something? Apparently patrol used to ski it quite a bit, but always exiting right above the rap.
12-09-2013, 06:48 PM
Wobby

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Originally Posted by huckasoreass

Here's a happy little one. It's hidden in a little cranny between Sugar Bowl and Squaw. It takes roughly 8 hours (2 1/2 hour skin approach and slow going return) but is best with an overnight hut stay. It's about 3,500' and is an easy approach on the looker's right shoulder (out of frame), then around the back. It goes top to bottom. Oldtimer and I got it twice in one day a couple of years back in picture perfect powder.
http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/200...ines_57660.jpg

WTF is this really? no way can this be tahoe
06-04-2015, 12:46 PM
mall walker

Bumping this awesome thread. Just read this whole damn thing instead of doing work for the last ~40 mins. Some of these are in serious need of pic updates though.

And god damn, I gotta get after it harder.
06-04-2015, 01:23 PM
BFD

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Originally Posted by mbillie1

Bumping this awesome thread. Just read this whole damn thing instead of doing work for the last ~40 mins. Some of these are in serious need of pic updates though.

And god damn, I gotta get after it harder.

aren't you the guy that wants to move. check out the Red lodge thread. no shortage of big couloirs .
06-04-2015, 02:27 PM
angrysasquatch

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Originally Posted by angrysasquatch

Who skis a Rockies 11'er in winter? Someone who really knows their shit/wants to die?

Haha... who is this moron?

The best couloirs run off the summit.

Tumbling Peak (600m couloir, ~1000 summit to glacier toe)
http://i59.tinypic.com/23wnodf.jpg

Mt Farnham (biggest mtn in Purcells) -900m couloir. When properly timed, skiable off the summit
http://i60.tinypic.com/2qi0egn.jpg

Arras mountain ~700m of couloir before the steep summit face, 1300m summit- flat ground
http://i58.tinypic.com/26ro0.jpg
06-04-2015, 03:27 PM
swissiphic

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Best couloir in north america? nope. But nice to visit the Dolomites just an hour from home in Terrace B.C. ;)

June 2, 2014. 3300 foot run, 2500 hundo of which between rock walls...twas a blast.

Of course, in these parts, you gotta pay to play; minor epic on the hike out battling ski-on-pack unfriendly b.c. bush, black flies, mosquitos, horseflies and prit near 30 degree heat.
06-04-2015, 04:21 PM
Ottime

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Originally Posted by MuchosPixels

Snow Creek, Mt. San Jacinto, California.

It's a grind. The climb is over 9,500 ft vert. The ski down is over 5,500 ft vert which is a nice reward.

http://images.summitpost.org/original/190268.jpg

The ski down has been about 1500' the past few winters.

I'll be down that way again next April. Always happy to find a partner. My preferred route is a car shuttle. With a tram ride you only have a 2000' approach over a few mellow miles. The exit will still be a bitch even in epic years tho
06-05-2015, 06:01 AM
flatNshallow

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Best couloir in the Midwest... the whereabouts of which are unknown to me but suspected to be north, eh?
06-05-2015, 03:49 PM
garyfromterrace

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Originally Posted by garyfromterrace

Here's my offering. I've looked at it, dreamed about it, waited for a window, haven't hit it, would love to be first (but I wouldn't be crushed if someone got there first). Me and a buddy have temporarily named it super-couloir, however not official as it ain't been rid.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...6&d=1377925882

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Originally Posted by swissiphic

Best couloir in north america? nope. But nice to visit the Dolomites just an hour from home in Terrace B.C. ;)

June 2, 2014. 3300 foot run, 2500 hundo of which between rock walls...twas a blast.

Of course, in these parts, you gotta pay to play; minor epic on the hike out battling ski-on-pack unfriendly b.c. bush, black flies, mosquitos, horseflies and prit near 30 degree heat.

Guido! What did you name it?
06-06-2015, 06:59 PM
swissiphic

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Originally Posted by garyfromterrace

Guido! What did you name it?

Well Gary, in honor of another Terrace expatriate we both know and love, even though as far as I know the guy hasn't even seen this couloir, we called it simply.... Pineapple Pete. Maybe 'cause the day was so hot and tropical and the cooler faces generally south? Just seemed right.
06-07-2015, 06:58 AM
I've seen black diamonds!

In the Northeast I believe the Chimney on Katahdin takes the cake. There are some great lines in the Chic Chocs and in the Presidentials with comparable skiing quality, but the setting of Katahdin is on another level:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...561-no/k77.jpg

Its the line right of the left-most sub-peak:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4...561-no/k21.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p...561-no/k88.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...561-no/k86.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...561-no/k79.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d...561-no/k73.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f...561-no/k72.jpg
06-07-2015, 09:32 AM
garyfromterrace

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Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!

In the Northeast I believe the Chimney on Katahdin takes the cake. There are some great lines in the Chic Chocs and in the Presidentials with comparable skiing quality, but the setting of Katahdin is on another level:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...561-no/k77.jpg

Its the line right of the left-most sub-peak:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4...561-no/k21.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p...561-no/k88.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...561-no/k86.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...561-no/k79.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d...561-no/k73.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f...561-no/k72.jpg

Very nice! Congrats, that looks committing!
06-07-2015, 09:37 AM
garyfromterrace

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Originally Posted by swissiphic

Well Gary, in honor of another Terrace expatriate we both know and love, even though as far as I know the guy hasn't even seen this couloir, we called it simply.... Pineapple Pete. Maybe 'cause the day was so hot and tropical and the cooler faces generally south? Just seemed right.

Wicked, I approve! Congrats again, you assembled the perfect crew to slay PP.
06-07-2015, 09:57 AM
I've seen black diamonds!

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Originally Posted by garyfromterrace

Very nice! Congrats, that looks committing!

16 mile approach to the hut is worth it. That would be ml242 and Cat in January in the pics. I was across the cirque shooting pics and hunkering down whenever the rain/snow/wind triggered a wave of sluff (over an otherwise bomber snow pack). Skied a nice, but far less impressive line between boulders and huge sheets of water ice with D-Roc and Lynchdogger:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...561-no/k65.jpg
05-05-2019, 12:06 PM
Maximus Farcisimus

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Attachment 281432 On our flight out got a good look at the Tiedemann group— and those are some badass couloirs. Arrow on the Combatant I believe The one between Tiedemann and Asperity is longer. Low tide this season

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05-05-2019, 02:36 PM
nortonwhis

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Originally Posted by Maximus Farcisimus

On our flight out got a good look at the Tiedemann group— and those are some badass couloirs. Arrow on the Combatant I believe The one between Tiedemann and Asperity is longer. Low tide this season

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Yikes very low tide!
05-06-2019, 08:25 AM
goldenboy

Great thread bump. Best? I don't know, but a favorite of mine, almost 3k':

https://14erskiers.com/blog/wp-conte...-watermark.jpg
05-06-2019, 10:58 AM
LeeLau

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http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...antcouloir.jpg

Combatant Couloir- Waddington Coast Range BC :D

Combatant from this low snow year - reposted from Maximus Farcissus to compare

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05-06-2019, 11:12 AM
LeeLau

yeah that was a nice bump

N face of Philistine - couloir is about 400m. Face is 1000m
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N face of Howard - couloir part we booted was also about 400m. Entire face is 750m
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Mixing it up - just out side Vancouver - Brunswick Peak - maybe 150m couloir?
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