LukeShy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Trip: Lane Peak - The Zipper Date: 2/11/2012 Trip Report: Original Plan: Skin/Climb the easy way up Lane, ski The Zipper. What actually happened (and why this is and Alpine Trip): Heinous snow conditions right from the road made us really rethink our ski descent plans. We looked like a bunch of first day skier clowns. The Lover's Lane crew was going about the same speed as us down to the basin below Lane. (there goes all the fun of calling them slowshoes) They got a great show for sure. Once we 'gracefully' cruised in to the basin we skinned up to the lower slopes of the Zipper & Fly. We found a nice thick breakable rain crust and frozen avalanche debris, making skinning suck, and booting up not so much fun either. [imagine a picture of carrying skis up a steeper slope while postholing to your balls] Once we worked our way to the Zipper proper there was a nice runnel that made kicking steps up a bit easier. Scott heading up the Zipper We made short work of it once we got going, snow was great for kicking steps the whole way. We stopped for some food and some scotch at the top. Afterwards we continued on to the summit, more good snow the whole way. Classy Ice Axe Pose Jason and I on the summit ridge. We awaited ajpederson's group to rappel into the Zipper, than we headed down. Our descent gave us a few nice turns to the saddle, than back to survival ski mode/flail/monster jump turns. The final slope was another fine display of 'skiing' this time there was an audience of hikers to watch our fine technique. It was another awesome day in the mountains, so really I can't complain at all. Especially the beers at the car, thanks Scott! Gear Notes: Ice Axe. Ski's are good training weight when you climb the Zipper. Approach Notes: Flotation of the non-ski variety until we get some fresh snow, unless you're a rock star skier of the Cascade Crud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajpederson Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thanks for the Zipper and summit steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDowns Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Great day in the mtns with Luke and Scott! Those two were animals...i definitely need to up my training. Too much lift accessed skiing this winter...lesson learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BootsandPants Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Good work guys. Your TR is missing a critical piece of beta though; what scotch did you bring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDowns Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think Luke said it was one of your suggestions, Aaron....Glenfiddich special something or another. Tasted delish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeShy Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Glenfiddich 15 "scotch, scotch, scotch, I love scotch, scotchy, scotch, scotch..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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