[TR] Mt-Maude - North Face Descent 4/14/2014

[Sol]

Trip: Mt-Maude - North Face Descent

 

Date: 4/14/2014

 

Trip Report:

Chris Petry and I had a blast sledding up the Chiwawa River Road last week and riding the North Face of Mt Maude. We found 1-6 inches of light alpine pow on the north side and creamy corn on the south side.

 

Road was closed 2.7 miles in. Bare road for about the first 1/2 mile then mostly continuous snow from there. 23.1 miles one way. One easily negotiable blowdown shortly before the Phelps Creek TH.

 

Too lazy to deal with cc.com pic upload..

 

Full TR here: http://solclimbs.blogspot.com/2014/04/full-circle-on-north-face-of-mt-maude.html

 

Gear Notes:

Crampons, light tool, whippet.

 

Approach Notes:

46.2 miles round trip via snowmobiles. 18 miles round trip on skis/splitboards.

[dberdinka]

Great TR and pics Sol. Looks like a perfectly executed day. You need to update your blog more than once every two years as well. Give us desk-jockeys something to look at during the day.

 

[mhux]

Super rad Sol, thanks for the stoke!

[Sol]

Thanks guys!

 

Darin: if felt good to blog, I've got tons of old trips on the backburner, I'll try to step it up.

 

Too bad all the stability in the hills has been ruined by April dumpage, back to the drawing board eh..