[TR] Magic Mt.- NE Couloir Ski Descent 5/14/2006

[climbaround]

Climb: Magic Mt.-NE Couloir Ski Descent

 

Date of Climb: 5/14/2006

 

Trip Report:

Great day in the mountains. See Turns All Year for a full TR. I'll post a link to a web page with more photos when it is up.

 

North Face of Magic, NE Couloir on right.

Climb to Mixup Arm

Skiing down to the pass.

Skiing the couloir, Sahale in background.

 

Gear Notes:

Crampons, axe, whipit

 

Approach Notes:

Last few hundred feet were icy on climb to pass (at 5 am).

Edited May 17, 2006 by climbaround

[Weekend_Climberz]

Nice TR. That looks like a great tour. I'll have to put that one in my little black book of tours "To Do".

[JoshK]

Is it steep or not? One picture from inside the coulior makes it look so, but the shot of the mountain makes it look low angle.

 

That gully on the left looks cool...

[jonthomp]

Reasonably so. 40-45 degrees, though one can push toward the edges of the couloir for brief moments that push 50. The chute on the left would go to. A little steeper and certainly narrower.