Back-country skiing Guides and Trips
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Trips
Location: Desolation Wilderness - Lake Tahoe, CA
Duration: 4 - 5 hours
Elevation Change: 3,474’ - from 6,500’ to
9,974’
Recomended Map: Emerald Bay, California & Rockbound
Valley, California
Skied the Cosmiques again in very nice pow in perfect weather. I caught the second tram, had a coffee to give the pro skiers some time to test the line for avalanches (by charging and banging turns). Then, I dropped the slope of the arret and head over to the col des cosmiques at a leisurely tempo. While I was down climbing the upper couloir, Remy Écluse, a local extreme skier of 36-years,...
Tuckerman Ravine, Inferno Weekend, 2008
Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, United States
Back-country skiing | 18.6 miles
Back-country skiing | 18.6 miles
Bart, Rossko, Roger, and I hit up Tuck's, 4/17-4/19/2008--the weekend of the Son of Inferno Race. For Roger and me, it had been 20+ years since the last time we'd been there. It was Bart's second trip, and Rossko's first. See My Tux Trip website for the Tripp Report, with other photos.
This is a nice, short skitour for "beginners" who know how to ski in deep snow. As it is frequently done, there are allways tracks you can follow. I did it twice with my 12 year old son and he liked it very much.The tour starts at the "Berghaus Malbun" in Buchs. After the end of the ski-lift you walk up to the forest and turn right. Just follow the tracks up to...
Ski-touring Chopok, Kamenna chata
Demänovská Dolina, Žilinský kraj, Slovakia
Back-country skiing | 4.8 miles
Back-country skiing | 4.8 miles
"Christmas happening" with some authors of the most popular slovak hiking server www.hiking.sk. We summarized the year 2010 and had a little talk about the new possible articles in 2011 :D Together with Ribeviri.It was also ski-touring winter season opening for me :) Great sunny and cold weather on Saturday but little bit windy on Sunday.See panorama pictures on http://www.panoramio.com/user/535318/tags/903644.
An excellent beginner course at Grimmialp for the weekend. Saturday we went up the eastern valley, but the visibility was quite poor so the sense of accomplishment was quite limited. Sunday we went up the middle valley and the weather was fantastic (I burned myself even with plenty of suntan lotion on). We made it up to the Traumlücke (Dream saddle) and had a great view of the region. The view was...
EveryDay 3: Heather Ridge to Moonlight Bowl
Berne, Washington, United States
Back-country skiing | 4.2 miles
Back-country skiing | 4.2 miles
James, Boo and I hiked up Heather Ridge and made several sweet turns down Moonlight Bowl. Super trip. Perfect snow at the upper elevations. Lots of whoomp...whomph... all around but nothing sliding anywhere. Just go be sure though, We stayed in relatively safe terrain and enjoyed some good conditions. Good snow at the higher elevations. 2+feet over a pretty solid hardpack with another weak layer about 10-12 inches...
We spent a few days in Japan doing somw backcountry snowboarding. One of the best snowboarding trips we have gone on.
Mt Ellis, Bozeman, MT - Backcountry Skiing
Bozeman, Montana, United States
Back-country skiing | 7.0 miles
Back-country skiing | 7.0 miles
Dr. Liz (telemark), Mike (splitboard), and Sam (splitboard) had decided that with the stable backcountry conditions that a trip to hike and ski/splitboard Mt. Ellis was in order. The avalance report was calling for and had been calling for moderate conditions in the region so plans were made. We were at the trailhead, suited up, and skinning by 09:15. After a leisurely skin with nice breaks to eat, drink, and view the...
Great local backcountry ski area up towards Elfin Lake hut in Garibaldi Provincial Park. On the way is Heather hut, Paul Ridge and Round MountainEasy 1-1.5 hour skin to Heather Hut to less then one hour laps of round mt.
Corona Bowl Blackcomb Slackcountry
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Back-country skiing | 5.3 miles
Back-country skiing | 5.3 miles
On a sunny day this is a nice tour...first tracks down Corona bowl! These tracks were from a previous trip, but basically the same. We had a bonus run down blackcomb glacier before skinning up to Spearhead col, spearhead and out Corona bowl.
Location: Mt. Rose Wilderness - Lake Tahoe, NV
Elevation Change: 2,000’ - from 7,600’ to
9,600’
Recomended Map: Mt. Rose, Nevada
We were flown into Kantishna. We proceeded to ski out across the park following the park road. The trip took 6 days including one rest day. The time of year was late March1977.
Skied the Couloir Marbrées in Courmayeur with Morgan. Snow conditions turned out nicely powdery on the shaded aspects, and degenerated into crust and spring snow as we approached the bottom. The upper couloir had seen two tracks earlier in the morning but was loaded with new snow. Although we got there first, we choose to check out some other option to allow the 11 tourists and guides who followed us up to ski on top...
Off piste track from Stuben to St Christoph in the famous ski area "St Anton am Arlberg"
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