Archive for March, 2009

Not satisfied with just looking down the Whipple I recruited Darrell Finlayson to join me on a return trip to ski it. And for the sake of clarity, this is not the ‘Whipple’ that is pictured and written about in The Chuting Gallery, that is a misprint. I refer to that as the Whiffle couloir. 

With [...]

Set out solo last week into an area I’ve rarely travelled in search of a chute that has intrigued me for years. 

The trail shoes came in handy for almost 2K of travel.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unfortunately I had taken a very circuitous route and it was too late in the day to safely ski this line. I’ll be back, [...]

I got a call from Derek to go ski Mt Nebo the other day. It seemed about time to get down to check out this nearby peak that has been beckoning for years. Derek posted a great TR with amazing pics HERE on the Teton Gravity Research forum.

 
 
This was Derek’s third attempt to climb and [...]

Despite it’s heinous looking traverse out the bottom, I headed out this morning to ski the Lightning Bolt Couloir. 
On booting up the lookers left chute (Thunderstruck) I realized I was a bit too late. The snow was warm and sloppy and I didn’t feel comfortable stepping out onto that 60 degree face. I think it [...]

No real powder to speak of, so it must be steep skiing time. Spring conditions mean good snow pack stability, but often questionable turning conditions. I’ve been obsessing over this massive line that stares down at you every time you drive up LCC. The Monte Cristo Direct route is a 3,200ft chute with a 100′ [...]

I went out yesterday with Andrew McLean and Jay Beyer for a little photo chute in the morning. We were all surprised at how good the snow that we found was. Jay captured some sweet shots and Andrew snapped away some nice pics, check them out here on his blog Straightchuter.