AlpineK Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Climb: Mt Snoqualmie-Slot Couloir Date of Climb: 2/12/2006 Trip Report: I was planning on working around the house on Sunday, but Jeff H called me up with tails of powder on North facing slopes at Crystal on Friday. Anyway we decided to head up to Alpental and ski the Slot Couloir. We boot packed past the waterfall and then skinned up the Phantom slide. The snow was hard and for the last quarter of the hike up we ended up boot packing. Unfortunately our dreams of powder were crushed when we started skiing down the icy couloir. The ski down ended up being a a excercise in focus...jump, stick edges, slide, jump... I looked up the Crooked Couloir when were down and noted a couple big ice buldges at the crux and signs that everybody had sidestepped past the hard part. The snow's pretty hard in the basin below the couloir. After hiking back up to the South side it became all about spring skiing. We skied some nice corn all the way to the waterfall. The snow at the waterfall was a little too soft, but we were soon back at the car. It wasn't everything I had hoped for, but it was a fun day out in the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 hey, we saw you skiing down there on sunday from NY gully, did ya hear me holler to ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I skiied the Slot with Jeff H a couple years ago. He's good at being a partner for that endevour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 hey, we saw you skiing down there on sunday from NY gully, did ya hear me holler to ya? I heard some yelling and we saw your foot tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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