best couloir in north america?

[String]

Black Hole Couloir

[Bring On The Snow]

Black Hole Couloir

sick i vote for this one

[Neuner]

chugach...the obvious one just right of center


Matt Neuner dropping in

That's the West Trident Couloir on Mt. Beelzebub. I was on day 5 skiing in from Anchorage, and I don't think helicopters can fly in that part of the Chugach. So it would take a pretty impressive kite-boarding approach to get this one done in the 3 day requirement for this forum.

My vote: the Southeast Couloir on the South Teton. It meets my top 2 criteria: skiable from the summit and you can rip it without a chute on your back. I'll post my photo of it if I can figure out how to do it.

Camel Toad, how'd you end up with that photo anyway?

-- Neuner

[jwolter7]

That "395 dot com" web dude never skied it, I guess.

Height: Scheelite is a full 6,000 vertical feet, beginning a ways up the ridge from the ruins of the Adamson Mine at over 13K' and ending at just above 7,000' at Pine Creek.

Slope: The upper chute is only 45° for a very short distance in a choke about 200' down from the top. The rest of it is 40ish and only lasts 1500 feet or less. Unfortunately the whole rest of the couloir varies wildly between long sections that are only 15-20 degrees (and wide as a football field) and short pitches of 35°.

Quality: unfortunately, usually full of junk (faces east-southeast) at any time that it's full to the bottom. And when it's not full to the outlet, the bush/boulder/waterfall/dirt/moss climbing at the bottom is a pretty good deterrent.

... I still recommend it, though, if you're in this for suffering and scenery more than good turns. If you climb up it from the road, a good starting time suggestion is midnight, or 3AM if you're in great shape. People try it from 4 or 5AM all the time and only get halfway up before getting chased out by slush trains.

Telegasm has the accurate info for this route.
I tried to climb and ski this route after drinking too much at an employee party back in 2002. The conditions were good at that time. The bottom had just started to melt out. It can be skied in midwinter after a long cold spell. Wait until you see how much terrain empties into the bottom of this route. Pick your year and day right!!

[jwolter7]

I agree with Mt Moran as the coolest big skiable line. when you first see it in good conditions, it just says "come and ski me".

[AK]

Alaska Range, day trip from road

[KungFu Eddie]

I know this one has already been posted but I really wanted to share this pic


Aemers Couloir, Mt Temple Lake, Louise AB

[Misty_Fly]

Not sure if it really counts as a couloir per se, but here's my 2 cents...

[leroy jenkins]

Goddamn misty jong, where is that?

Have you skied that? The line in the center of the pic is burl, but the one to the right of it, coming off the peak is crazy.

How steep/wide are those?

[lg]

^^^^ that's gotta be one of the narrowest and longest coolies i've ever seen.

[Misty_Fly]

Goddamn misty jong, where is that?

Have you skied that? The line in the center of the pic is burl, but the one to the right of it, coming off the peak is crazy.

How steep/wide are those?

thank you for the status reminder mr jenkins.
answers:
1] tucked away safely deep in the Cascades within the catchment of a certain unnamed heli op...
2] no, sadly not. we pleaded desperately with the guide but he said no dice. apparently one of the criteria for being granted permission to hit this line is having the ability to complete a parallel turn
3]hard to tell exact width/size as we only flew past but i have it on good authority that the piece de resistance in the middle of shot is a sustained 50-55 top to bottom. add a couple for the line off peak.

besides being potentially the sickest line ever skied, conditions would have to be 103% perfect or else the phrase "terrain trap" springs to mind.

[powstash]

conditions would have to be 103% perfect or else the phrase "terrain trap" springs to mind.

Slight understatement?

This may be a rerun but I can't get it out of my mind, especially with the banner snow year we're having here in Utah.

[Long duc dong]

Not sure if it really counts as a couloir per se, but here's my 2 cents...

That's sick whatever you call it.

[Lani]

Yo check this out

Thanks to Sergio Verdina for the photo

[thedefone]

This is my brother in law's shot taken from Beehive Basin (near Big Sky) last winter. Does it have a name?

Looks like the south face of Gallatin Peak. Beyond that peak on the right is a big wall filled with more chutes.

[jwolter7]

Good thread, more photos please, bump.

[LeeLau]

Spire Peak couloirs

[corn dog]

Don't think this has shown up yet. Whitetail Peak in the Beartooths, MT.

[LeeLau]

FASP E face

[Lawless]

Apocalypse Couloir, Prospectors mtn, Tetons.

[BOOGIECHILLIN]

MT WILLIAMSON, CA -- GIANT STEPS COULOIR

[jumpturn]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the Messner Couloir on Denali. An account from Andrew McLean:
http://www.pawprince.com/pawprince/w...ssner_ski.html

Messner Couloir is center right. 20k down to 14k.

[jumpturn]

... something tells me several shots in Huntington needs to be on here....

Central Gully (1300') with Diagonal to its right, Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, March 13, 2008.

[jeffsssmith]

This is the southwest face of Maroon Peak, CO

[BigDaddyLionfish]

Not sure if it really counts as a couloir per se, but here's my 2 cents...

That place has a SHITTON of snow.... and anyways, is that line off the peak not like 90 degrees??