Winter 2016 ski line wish list

So this time of year I can't stop thinking about lines that I hope to tick away the following winter. I'm a total geek for terrain shots so hopefully others will participate and post up some pics of lines they hope to ski this coming winter as well.

This is one that I have been looking at for ten years now. It's in a fairly remote spot and to get to it you have to go by some classic reliables. In this pic it looks pretty straightforward but hidden behind the trees is a 25 to 40 foot drop-exit. The chute is very narrow and super steep. This pic is when there was a base of around 65-70 inches. I have seen bases get up to the 150 to even 180 inch range here on the biggest of El Nino years so I'm hopeful for this next season.
https://www.tetongravity.com/images/...262__forum.jpg

From a different angle.
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Lets see your summer dream lines.

Anything

ANYTHING

surgery sucks

I hope Mount Baker opens next season.

Two must visit zones for next winter:
Mica Basin in the Zirkels
A certain north facing ridge that got scorched in the West Fork fire.

I'd like to ski Lisa Falls Couloir...

http://www.carolinegleich.com/wp-con...420-102236.jpg

Beyond that, I'm actually hoping to get to the Chic Chocs for a hut trip with my dad. No idea what there is to ski there though.

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This isn't my shot. It's taken from the board here, username stalefish3169

Going back to Haines I hope to ski Sexy Spines. Kind of my dream line actually!

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How do you link in a picture that is somewhere else on the board?

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Use the photo widget and select "embed existing" then paste in the direct link to the image (usually ends in .jpg or .png or something)

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Originally Posted by Gcooker

I hope Mount Baker opens next season.

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They wen't out of business. Sorry.

I'd like to ski the same lines, just all the way to the bottom.

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Originally Posted by Cold_Smokin'

Two must visit zones for next winter:
Mica Basin in the Zirkels
A certain north facing ridge that got scorched in the West Fork fire.

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the Zirkels are rad. Some friends and I made a few trips in there in the mid 1990's. This is an old shitty pic of getting to camp at sunset on Little Agnes.
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Use the photo widget and select "embed existing" then paste in the direct link to the image (usually ends in .jpg or .png or something)

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Thanks.

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Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey

Anything

ANYTHING

surgery sucks

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yes; yes it does.

I'd like to ski Stevens without having to wade across creeks. I'd also like to ski in the woods, I remember that was pretty fun a few years ago when roots, logs and stumps weren't a few inches from the surface.

I want to get after this zone.
http://www.adrenalated.com/photos/i-...FJGwHxr-X3.jpg

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This isn't my shot. It's taken from the board here, username stalefish3169

Going back to Haines I hope to ski Sexy Spines. Kind of my dream line actually!

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Drool!

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I wouldn't mind ticking-off both the Slot and the Crooked (both across the fairway from the host location of the 16BBI) - perhaps on the same day :fmicon:

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Screw the little boy, I hope it pukes white gold in our hills all winter :the_finge

I'd like to ski off the top of Rainier. Winter summits are rad.

Not to hijack, but what classics must be skied that are at risk of not existing if we don't get at them in the next 3-5, or 10 yrs? Those are the ones that would be on my hit list - I'm thinking any classics around Taos etc.

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the Zirkels are rad. Some friends and I made a few trips in there in the mid 1990's. This is an old shitty pic of getting to camp at sunset on Little Agnes.
https://www.tetongravity.com/images/...et__forum.jpeg

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Great picture. You've highlighted the primary hurdle, which is that the area requires some overnight to do right!

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Originally Posted by adrenalated

I want to get after this zone.
http://www.adrenalated.com/photos/i-...FJGwHxr-X3.jpg

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impresionante, especially lookers right. :yourock:

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I want to get after this zone.
http://www.adrenalated.com/photos/i-...FJGwHxr-X3.jpg

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Is that Canyon Creek in Whitefish?

It looks like a silly-fun pillow zone.

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Is that Canyon Creek in Whitefish?

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Nope. Somewhere in Eagle County, CO.

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Not to hijack, but what classics must be skied that are at risk of not existing if we don't get at them in the next 3-5, or 10 yrs? Those are the ones that would be on my hit list - I'm thinking any classics around Taos etc.

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Jesus man. I thought this would be a cool and fun thread but some of the replies are just depressing! Not that they aren't warranted with all things considered, I get it but dang. this is actually the first year in a while I am actually feeling very excited about but then again, a really good year here usually equates to a bad year to the north.

This, this and this. Broiling in the hottest driest summer in NWBC history...can't wait for winter.

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The Kathlyn Couloir located on Hudson Bay Mountain in Smithers B.C. Great thread idea RA! Winter can not come soon enough as far as i am concerned. Fully agree with Swiss on that one. F*@k Summer!

I want to do an April touring multi day trip in the Beartooth Range at the Mount Zimmer yurt.

Been thinking about this one for a few years, doubt we'll get it this year though, the way things are shaping up.

Young's Peak Traverse, Rogers Pass.

Too many lines/places to list, but here's one line I never want to ski again...:


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Been thinking about this one for a few years, doubt we'll get it this year though, the way things are shaping up.

Young's Peak Traverse, Rogers Pass.

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Funny I was going to post that. Heading back out again this year. Last time I was there avy conditions made me weary. Hopping to get it this year. In much better shape this year.

Will tip one back to Betty Dee.

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Ms. Daley certainly brightens that spot nicely, as she did everywhere she went.

Deep sigh...

RIP Betty Dee, here's hoping there was more pow where you spent last winter than the rest of us.

Forever Young indeed.

La Grave. Any line at La Grave.

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Jesus man. I thought this would be a cool and fun thread but some of the replies are just depressing! Not that they aren't warranted with all things considered, I get it but dang. this is actually the first year in a while I am actually feeling very excited about but then again, a really good year here usually equates to a bad year to the north.

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Sorry dude, wasn't intended to be a statement or anything birkenstocky - it was a real question. Some of these lines are on my "one day" list, not sure if some of these should be on the some day soon list.

Terminal Cancer is happening in '16 for me.

This is what one of the objects of my desire looks like in late summer. Think it's still virgin so I'm not naming it

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This is what one of the objects of my desire looks like in late summer. Think it's still virgin so I'm not naming it

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Great shot - crazy line. Does it continue down, or do you duck out before the choke?

That's only the top 400m. Another 200m at the same pitch after the choke, 300 of steep-ish ice to the glacier terminus and 300 more of steep-ish polished rock and scree from the old glacial extent.

Dunno what you guys are talking about lines disappearing. Scree is scree, just needs the right winter and storm to fill in again. This summer, things are so hot and the ice falling so much that I wouldn't be surprised if a few lines in the rockies aren't there anymore come winter. This serac fell off or that alpine ice finally completely melted out or that rock slab decided to jettison its entire pocket glacier to the valley bottom. The topography itself is changing.

edit: probably not fair to belittle your problems. This hot summer is just getting to me. Melt's at least a month ahead of schedule, and the ice was pulling back fast enough as is

Nothing special of a line, but skiing the SW chutes on Adams with a buddy this April/May, pretty psyched about that. Possibly St Helens too.

There are a few shots on the NW facing aspects of the Hobbs peak area that I can see from my balcony and would looove to get down...

I just want to camp at the base of this bowl in the spring and ski all the lines above it.
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Inbounds:
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...84&oe=5694884D

(Climax/Hangman's area. Not sure if any of it is ever actually open, and if a lot of that is bigger than it looks, but it certainly gets my eye every time I get on the gondy...)


Snowbird Day 1:
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...d8&oe=568E7359
(Either variation probably wouldn't score well unless skied at 110+ mph, but that's about the best I can do!)

Haines:
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...f9&oe=56947CBB
Sexy Spines looks pretty sweet, too...


Have been giddy for a while. October is here next week, which means the flakes start flying soon. BRING ON GODZIRRA!

For the Mammoth line - are you sure you have the right area? Can't place that one at all.

Nevermind - thats really really low tide. Cliffs were pretty much buried by Jan when I skied there. I guess it doesn't snow anymore? Sweet line - you can definitely ski it. Definitely in the 25' range. That upper one you have to send hudge to clear the lower band though I think? - expect 40'?