This was a trip I'd thought about for years. The Gulf of Slides is a remote backcountry skiing destination that is a bit more exotic than Tuckerman, its more famous sibling to the north.
Many fewer people ski there, it's farther away, a bit more dangerous, and farther from help.
But the trip up and back were supposed to be great and the snow was about as good as it gets. We chose to take our lift tele gear, a bit heavier than the backcountry stuff but since all we were doing was skining up and skiing down, we figured the weight was worth it. I met up with Lafe and Allison at Pinkham Notch . They had skied up the Tuckerman Ravine trail the previous day, coming down the Shelbourne Ski trail . It was good, but by the time they hit Hojos, it had gotten overcase and cold.