danhelmstadter Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) Trip: Argonaut - NE couloir Date: 4/26/2010 Trip Report: Argonaut and NE couloir Once again my watch alarm failed to rouse me from slumber, and I woke around 8. I pretty much knew the snow or rather ice in the gully was going to SUCK for skiing, but since I was in the area, it deserved a closer look -- which confirmed the predictable results -- ice, frozen death cookies, runnels - YUCK. I decided to climb it and determine whether or not I would want to ski it once on top. Easy climbing conditions and I climbed continous snow to it's end just below the rocky summit. The upper snow field held the best snow, but it was still pretty Icy. I skiied down -- side stepping through an icy crux - to the couloir, where I proceeded to make some scary icy/crusty turns. A little sidestepping in spots to get past an ice runnel or particularly nasty ice crust, then conditions improved somewhat in the constriction -- as the heat of the day softened the ice crusts ever so slightly. Smooth firm neve led to soft corn on the lower slopes. Started raining/snowing on my deproach -- good! let the nasty ice crusts get burried in powder! Edited April 27, 2010 by danhelmstadter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchuck71 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Outta flipping control! Nice pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Thanks for taking photos - now I can experience the descent vicariously; 'cause I'll never have the balls to ski that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 outta sight wowza.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitchaserCJB Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 That last pic is surreal. I love the word deproach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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