[TR] Mt Shuksan - NW Couloir Climb and Ski Descent

[escapetherock]

great description. thank you. did you get a good look at the sulphide? was it still pretty open? hoping to get up there this weekend. thx.

[Choada_Boy]

i am the first descent guy my name is dennis crowley baker local season after george craig and i talked outside upper lodge i did that line. i know rene whatever before them.

 

Thank you for the clarification.

[danhelmstadter]

i skiied the couloir form the first rockband yesterday, where i ran into some slabby snow that failed with a compression test after the third tap from elbow(ct13), the slab was 1finger 40cm thick, and failed on a thin layer of facets within the new snow, which was over a meter deep in that loactaion... excellant powder in lower couloir..

I also found similar slabyness and compression test failure on the traverse into the lower north face...

The slabs -- being so thick, are probally not all that sensitive, but I didn't want to chance it.. I would think they'd stabalize some with the expected warmer days this weekend.