wfinley Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Trip: Alaska Range - West Butt Date: 5/15/2011 Trip Report: In short... Headed into the AK Range to try Foraker. Chickened out on the initial couloirs. Decided to try the West Butt. Made it to 14K in 4 days. Spent 8 days in a tent in 50mph winds. Moved to 17K. Bonked. Woke to high winds. Ran from 17K down to BC in 10 hours and flew home to take a shower. [video:youtube]s-7qStHtvGA Some pix: More pix. Gear Notes: - Your feet get cold when Alveolite foam packs out - 400 pages is not enough for 8 storm days - Accept leftover food from the Army guys; the new MREs are pretty tasty Approach Notes: Gas up at the Roadhouse - fly in. Quote
xhen Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) That first picture is so awesome. I was going to ask how many books you read, but you answered that . Way to get after it ! I'll look at your pretty pictures from my home office... Edited July 16, 2011 by xhen Quote
AOC Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Great photos and video. The shot of the avalanche on Hunter is awesome! Quote
mr.radon Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Awesome skiing? We were out there a few years back and kept getting dumped on, made for fun skiing but ruined plans to climb the West Rib, ended up doing the West butt instead with a party that wanted to do the Cassin Ridge (also snowed out). Cool videos... Quote
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