Sunday, October 18, 2009

Couloir Peak Recce

This started with the goal of actually skiing the couloir but thigh deep spring powder on the day made skiing open spaces a bit more apealing. Have now got Couloir Peak fairly well scoped out and what was a bit of a pipe dream at the start of the year is starting to look feisable, well sort of.

Couloir Peak, the main section looks relatively straitforward


Headed up to the base of the couloir to check out the exit. You could see this had the potential to be tricky all the way from the road end so wasnt about to drop into this blind. The first bit of good news is that there is easy access to Cameron Col, which means a quick route to the top without having to slog up the couloir.

Access to Cameron Col

Next bit of good news is the first crux on the exit while narrow looks like it might go. Where things get exciting is the second crux, this looks like it will require some hucking heroics to finish the line.


The exit
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