gapertimmy Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Climb: Broken Top-A La Mode Date of Climb: 4/19/2006 Trip Report: Contrary to popular belief, there *are* other mountains in Oregon besides Mt. Hood. Furthermore, there are an abundance of much more enjoyable ski lines than the South side of Hoody. So, here is some stoke from other parts of the OR. I met up with THE SCHRALPER yesterday morning for a little slednektourinskiin adventure in the glorious three sisters wilderness. After weeks of storm cycles keeping conditions spicy in the central OR bc, two days of high pressure and blue skies opened the window for some spring ski love! The snow on the way into ball butte was bulletproof as the evening temps had dropped into the teens. The frozen pack made for a quick tour into the broken top crater. L to R: Pucker Up, 9 oclock, 11 oclock After getting inside the crater we decided to ski a line we call 'a la mode' which is the snowfield above the rock band lookers right in this picture. The snow on this SW aspect was very much transitional still, but had warmed up enough to make for a pleasant boot pack. I hate boot packing, but I was just so fkn stoked to be climbing with my skis on my back, under blue skies. We were treated to big views from the top of the pitch. This is a shot looking north over the east side of brokentop (mmmm tasty lines). We watched a few point release sluffs peel off while we enjoyed our Deschutes Inversion IPA (working on my sponsorship). The ski down was fairly enjoyable. Not quite orgasmic corn quite yet, but still very carvy. But hey... we we're gettin sickay in brokentop under blue skies, and that is WAY Plab. Once we got back into the crater bowl it was getting super warm so we glided back to the sleds. Slednek back to dutchman in t-shirts. A good time was had by all. Quote
sweatinoutliquor Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Nice dude, I always dig your BT & are trip reports. Is that your buddies sled? That's super convienient. Quote
Couloir Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Deschutes Inversion IPA Enjoying several of those right now as I'm reading this AWESOME TR. Quote
Crevasse Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Nice job. It's good to see people out doing some stuff in Oregon. As soon as this new ACL takes I will be right out with you. Quote
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