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  1. 12-08-2005, 07:14 PM #1
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    best couloir in north america?

    criteria: more than 1500' of vert, a sustained pitch of at least 40 degrees and a time commitment of no more than 3 days.
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  2. 12-08-2005, 07:29 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by covert
    a time commitment of no more than 3 days.
    From where and with what budget? Because Baffin Island looks pretty effin sweet.
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    baffin island is definitely world class but pretty much requires at least a month. lets say the line has to be three days tops round trip from the nearest place you can buy a bottle of whiskey...
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    you should break it up between lift accessible, day trip accessible, and multi-day tour accessible.
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    Lake Chutes, Summit County, end of discussion.
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    That one that everyone in Utah has done.
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    The one Lance beatered down.
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    superstar couloir on james peak?

    Ive looked down it - nice and sketch- only a 4hr skin
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    where's james peak? front range?
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    how has no one said corbets

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman
    The one Lance beatered down.
    Ted Stryker chute?
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  13. 12-08-2005, 07:58 PM #13
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    Hypodermic Needle In little cottonwood canyon is good
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    scary technical

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    morain lake, lake louise, alberta

    3300 ft, lake to glacier

    glacier down
    first 300ft goes 0 to 45/50 deg
    next 2000 ft keeps it at 45/50 deg
    1000 ft to lakeside
    view looking up from lakeside in july/aug?



    view from mount temple nearby. Col in right side of pic
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    Quote Originally Posted by covert
    i like it, if you can't divulge location at least tell me what time of year this was taken

    may 29 2004...


    lots of people have climbed it...its is colorado...you figure out the rest
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  17. 12-08-2005, 08:06 PM #17
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    moraine lake, now we're getting somewhere. i was starting to think the internet was down in canadia
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    Mt. Moran, Skillet Glacier. 5500-6000 vert-45 degrees-two days. Best views possible.


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  19. 12-08-2005, 08:07 PM #19
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    this ones on my wish list:

    australian couloir
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  20. 12-08-2005, 08:17 PM #20
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    This is a kick ass thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trackhead
    Mt. Moran, Skillet Glacier. 5500-6000 vert-45 degrees-two days. Best views possible.


    I like what's cookin in that skillet.
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  22. 12-08-2005, 08:22 PM #22
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    chugach...the obvious one just right of center


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  23. 12-08-2005, 08:22 PM #23
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    I was gonna call Skillet, but Trackhead beat me to it.

    (not that I've skied it ...)
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  24. 12-08-2005, 08:24 PM #24
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    Superstar couloir, I've gazed down on that before, it looks like you make one turn and then fall off a 1,000 foot cliff. Awesome.


    The best couloir in north america has to be the 2nd chute at A-Basin.
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  25. 12-08-2005, 08:25 PM #25
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