TR: Carpathian Peak Alaska, almost...

[Camel Toad]

So my buddy and I have been wanting to climb this peak for a long time now and figured the conditions were good to give it a go. It's quite a ways back and being a working type I haven't always got the time to take a few days off so we decided to use some sleds.

The weather was dreary and we were not sure that we would be able to make it back to the objective as we were planning on sledding up a glacier, which isn't something I really want to do in a whiteout. Oh and this was my 4th time on a sled.
Dirty Al oiling up the sleds.


We had to wait at the toe of the glacier for a while as the fogged had rolled in thick. Eventually it cleared out a bit so we headed up. After a while we could see some light through the fog. So we headed for the light, like moths.


Some perspective on the distances.


And then we were into bluebird!


Carpathian Peak


Looking to the south (the far left side of this out of site is a heli run).


So we headed up the glacier until we arrived at a another heli pickup area. We parked the sleds and started skinning. I broke trail the entire way. Dirty Al provides the sleds, I provide the trail breaking. Seemed like a fair deal.

Looking to the west


Me about to be attacked by a shadow bunny. Obviously. Note the tracks from heli skiers.


Looking toward the top of the pass. We went over this and behind the ridge on the left


Taking a break at the top to wait for Dirty Al.


DA coming up to the pass. The face on the right is close to 4,000' of vertical.


DA like thee energizer bunny. still going...


The back of the pass. If you have good eyes you can see my skinned up, skimode, splitboard straightline. DA was a pussy and traversed claiming an "innability to ski". Sucka.


Always up!


DA sustaining his girlish figure with some Carl's Jr.


Rounding the corner and heading across a minor icefall, with the icefield in the background.


The icefield. Prince William Sound is on the other side of it.


The last 1,000' of Carpathian. Did I mention it was really sunny?


Setting up for the climbing. We came up the pass between the splitboard and shovel, then around the ridge behind DA.


RETREAT! The snow was mushy soft. The bergschrund, was large, but had a decent bridge. I roped up and started mashing my way up the potatos. I turned around when the angle got steeper, the snow got softer and deeper, and every avy alarm in my body was going off. Oh well another time. One of my friends has tried three times and still not made it yet.

Plus if you were being chased by a giant pubic hair you would retreat tol.


The full ridge. YOu can just see where I went up on the lower left side. I told DA that I wanted to ski the big couloir left of the summit. He said "No, you'll get hit in the head with a rock". I'm pretty sure if he meant he would throw one at me.


Some easy riding to the first flat. We would have climbed the corniced ridge to the summit (but it was soft and squishy).



Your's truelly caught in the act.



Guess which tracks are mine (Hint: I don't know how to turn so well)


Heading down the heli run.


Further.


Further.


Back at the sleds. Enjoying the stoke (and sunburn!)


Pausing on the ride out.


To look back at the days events. We were trying to climb the flat looking peak in the center of the photo.

[ak_powder_monkey]

good to see sleds used for something constructive

[PulverSchwein]

nice effort, enjoyed reading that a lot, thanks

[Trackhead]

OMG, that access is unreal!!!!!!!

[iskibc]

I'm gonna ask the wife tonight if we can move to AK.

[Below Zero]

Sweet! Good try though! You'll get it.

[alto]

I see a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and a line, and wait.... is that a.... could it be? Whoa! It is! Another line!

[soul_skier]

who brings carls jr into the bc, seriously, nice tr though

[mattitude]

How many miles in on the sleds?

[Camel Toad]

10.5 miles on the sled (straightline measure)
2.25 miles hiking each way

(the icefall is a very skiable line! squirrel, shoe if you guys are reading this...)

[Atrain505]

Oh man, oh man, oh man. TITTIES!! That is unreal.

[Kellie]

Nice work!!! I was just talking about that one the other day . . . rain check?!? Snow machines <--- so hot right now!

Thanks for the inspiration to get out to Placer River!!

[skier666]

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!

[Flaskman]

That's gods country up there! Jeez...what am I doing here?

Nice TR...

[BFD]

shit talker here
I skied the face behind Carpathian in this photo.

you really don't need a sled to access these peaks just a little time. . Nice trip Camel Toad good to see people getting after it.

[hucksquaw]

that terrain gives me a boner

[bad_roo]

The Carls Jr shot is money.

[Camel Toad]

shit talker here
I skied the face behind Carpathian in this photo

Did you ski towards the east or west. I was eyeing several lines off that peak.

you really don't need a sled to access these peaks just a little time. . .

Absolutely!

[Sutter]

Boi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oinnnnnnnngggggggg

[Wysplit_ride]

yummmmmy shit! thanks for some AK stoke.

[BFD]

here is our line


I would imagine CPG is all over this mountain. The face averages 45* for a solid 1000'

[bbirtle]

Very cool. Alaska looks out of this world! Post more please.

[erica_z]

what a beautiful place, that AK....

[bcrider]

Sweet stuff and amazing terrain!

Nice to see fellow splitters in action. How come you don't share these on the splitboard site too?!

Represent, represent!