danhelmstadter Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Trip: Sherpa - north face & ne couloir Date: 3/27/2010 Trip Report: Left bridge creek around 6am with a plan to ski whatever looked good in the Stuart area. Past the Colchuck/Stuart trail junction - there was a slight trail packed out by snowshoers. I followed thier fadeing trail till it busted out of the trees below Colchuck, Argonaut and Sherpa, I knew there would be plentiful options ahead. Sherpa's north face and ne couloir had caught my eye from a snack spot earlier. It did not lose it's appeal as I got closer. I climbed and skiied the couloir first -- and topped out high on the the south east ridge. the snow was a little slabby/wind-affected, and sheared fairly easily, but the slab was not propagateing, never the less - I skiied with caution, cutting, and not letting my sluff grow to big. The North face held similar conditions, although it was much steeper, and had a few icy spots. Here are a few video clips from the descent: [video:youtube] view down couloir view down face clouds progressively rolled in throughout the day colchuck and argonaut argonaut It was a long haul for a day trip 20+ miles? but totally worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Nice pictures and video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pms Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 ditto - got any video skiing through the woods in mountaineer cr.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stopgo Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Nice shots . . . What kind of helmet cam are you using? Seems to be shooting nice video. Have you been happy with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Killin it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Nice work Dan . . .just so I understand your TR completely, you skied both lines making up the prominent "Y" in your second photo? On the same day? From Bridge Creek? Yowza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsroll Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I'm jealous. I want to ski this pair too. Great tour! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Poulton Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhelmstadter Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 I was useing a gopro hero cam, bought form rei - i hear they have an updated better version thiss year. im pretty happy with it, although the round lense does distort the view, and it goes thorugh batteries pretty quickly. Jason - it was the Y i skiied, a pretty long day for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatinoutliquor Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sorry to revive, but whoa dude, awesome pics. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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