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Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the difficulty below:

hard

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the avalanche danger below:

high

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the terrain type below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the trailhead below:

Teton Pass Summit

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the snow conditions below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Wolf Trap backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: Wolf Trap Wolf Trap is a dangerous NE-E facing terrain trap dropping down from the beginning of KB Ridge where it diverges from Avalanche Bowl. There are steep cliffs above the run to the skier's left that threaten you with a lot of avalanche danger if you ski this line. It drops down into the drainage exit from Avalanche Bowl, which is skier's right of Wolf Trap and presents you with more danger on the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Avalanche Reports 02/16/2019 - (Wolf Trap) Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the difficulty below:

moderate

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the avalanche danger below:

moderate

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the terrain type below:

bowl

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the trailhead below:

Teton Pass Summit

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the snow conditions below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Second Turn backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: Second Turn Second Turn is a fairly open bowl that drops down off Mt. Glory to the second turn heading West on the pass from the parking lot. There is avalanche danger, particularly to the skier's left in the big terrain trap. A slide here can potentially threaten the highway. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Trip Reports 02/15/2007 - (Triple Winter Blog) Websites Roots Rated Videos All videos are Copyright their respective owners. These are 3rd party videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo and we make no guarantees as to their accuracy or relevance. dec. 27 pow slashing by Hunter Singleton: 12/27/2014 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Teton Pass, Teton Range Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the difficulty below:

moderate

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the avalanche danger below:

moderate

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the terrain type below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the trailhead below:

Bradley/Taggart

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the duration below:

4-5 hours

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the snow conditions below:

powder

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the 25 Short backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report 25 Short November 27, 2014 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Avalanche Canyon, Bradley/Taggart Tags: Backcounty Skiing, Skiing Elevation: 9975', 3350' gain/loss Distance: 6 miles RT Difficulty: 3 stars Time: 4-5 hours Trip Report: Date: 11/25/2014 Snow Conditions: With about 28″ of settled new snow and more coming, the conditions were deep powder, with an upside down layer beginning to form on the surface. At times, the snow was almost too deep to make turns. Towards the bottom of the run, the snow pack was starting to feel the effects of the warming day and began to feel very heavy at times. And so it begins, the winter of 2014/2015. After a brief trip to San Francisco, I returned to winter in full force here in Jackson, WY. With over 40 inches of snow in the past 3 days, Dane and I decided to do a little early storm skiing in the park. We decided on 25 Short, an excellent early season tour, or beginner run in the park. While moderately low angle, there are numerous terrain traps and a few steep avalanche paths that you need to be aware of. We started at the Bradley/Taggart trailhead around 9:30am, beginning the skin by working out south by southwest across the field directly west of the parking lot. Usually there is a nice track that takes you to 25 Short, or Mavericks, but today we were greeted by untouched snow and a faint skin track buried under 14″ of snow. We made our way south, keeping the moraine on our right and ventured towards an obvious "end point" of the field. Here, the track usually forks, with those venturing to Mavericks going left and 25 Short right. We were greeted by a family of moose here and had to divert left to stay away from the angry bull moose and eventually worked our way right to find the skin track of 25 Short. [image] A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Short We continued breaking trail up the drainage, but eventually missed the normal left turn that would have brought us to the standard approach, instead we trudged along the "runout" path to the north until we noticed our mistake. After this, we just kept going up until we reached the obvious avalanche path on the north side of 25 Short. Here we broke trail left and worked our way up an agonizing 2500', working our way slightly left. We eventually found ourselves on the bench near the top of 25 Short, but decided not to continue the 200' up the summit ridge to the true summit, because the wind was whipping and we weren't planning on skiing the east gut of 25 Short given the avalanche conditions. We made a quick transition and decided on a relatively safe route down the mountain. The snow was DEEP, making it difficult to make smooth turns, but we were able to link a few pitches together to make for an enjoyable run down the 3000' run. [image] Making some fun turns [image] It was pretty deep for November Once down the run, we were encountered with some downed trees, stream crossings and heavy snow to work through. Eventually we worked our way left to the moraine that separates Taggart Lake and Avalanche Canyon from 25 Short. Once we found our skin track, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the truck, but on a normal day, it can be as fast as 15 minutes. We made it to the truck in just over 5 hours, not bad considering we set the skin track. As far as first days out go, I would say this has to range very high on the list, hopefully it is a sign of a great winter to come. [image] Not a bad way to start the season 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the difficulty below:

hard

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the avalanche danger below:

high

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the terrain type below:

chute

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the trailhead below:

Teton Pass Summit

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the snow conditions below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Hidden Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: Hidden Couloir You can find Hidden Couloir to the E-NE of the entrance to Elusive, in the Bear Claw area. This is a steep N-NE facing chute through rocks and trees that dumps into the exit to Avalanche Bowl. Avy danger is high during the entire duration of this run including the exit. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trailheads Teton Pass Summit There is an overflow lot where parking is permitted 1 quarter of a mile to the East of the summit of Teton Pass. Sometimes parking is closed at the top of the pass and in those times you'll have to be dropped off or hitchhike. Websites Roots Rated Guide Books Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South by Thomas Turiano[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Snake River Range, Teton Pass Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the difficulty below:

moderate

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the avalanche danger below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the terrain type below:

glacier

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the trailhead below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the duration below:

5.5 hours

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the snow conditions below:

powder

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Teepee Col backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: Turns from Teepee Col By: randosteve| Posted on: January 19, 2007 | Posted in: Garnet Canyon, The Tetons | 7 comments [image] Well I didn't try too hard to find a partner last night, so I was skiing solo in the mountains today. I got on the trail before sunrise and was once again amazed by the alpenglow of the morning sun. I seem to have seen a ton of awesome sunrises this year. [image]I had decided to go back up into Garnet again, maybe up to Teepee Col on the Grand...after some kind of redemption for the past two days of sort of just 'poking around'. It was only -10 F this morning (feels balmy) and once the sun came up, I was quickly down to my base layer and making good time. The Meadows came in under 2 hours and I followed my ski tips towards the headwall up to the North Fork of Garnet Canyon. I found a bootpack and used it to gain elevation quickly. The tracks would come and go and I wasn't sure if someone else was up here or not. The southern aspect felt nice and I cruised up to the JHMG camp and into the basin below Teepee Glacier. As I got closer, I saw a bootpack continue up to the col...how convenient. [image] [image]It looked like the boot tracks were definitely from early this morning and I wondered who else was on the mountain. Where they skiers? If they were going for a ski descent, I bet they had good conditions. The sun was warming things up nicely and there were pockets of good snow to be found, on top of a hard surface. Good...safe, conditions. I was skiing from Teepee Col today, though I wish it was from the summit. I felt a little bad poaching these guys[image] bootpack and then taking what little fresh there was on the glacier...but not for too long. The snow pack felt bomber and I was pretty relaxed. The first few turns were really nice powder...that sloughed down behind me. I continued to turn down the slope and I was able to cut left, just as the slough passed by. The fresh snow was nice, but most of the way you were skiing the firmer surface below. The slough was predictable. I made it back to the rig and the trip logged in at 5.5 hours...car to car. I began to think of Jimmy Chin's 10hr assault last winter might be within reach. Teepee Col sits at about 12,000 ft, leaving only about 1800' remaining to the summit of the Grand. Seems 'doable'...assuming no lines at the rappels! Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the difficulty below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the avalanche danger below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the terrain type below:

couloir

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the trailhead below:

Lupine Meadows

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the duration below:

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the snow conditions below:

powder

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Cave Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: October Hunting...For Turns By: randosteve| Posted on: October 25, 2008 | Posted in: Broken Link to Photo/Video, Random Teton Posts, The Tetons | 13 comments [image] Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some more wintry weather come our way soon. Unsure of what the rest of the month will produce, I went out for a solo mission to ski in Garnet Canyon on Thursday, assuring me of getting my October turns. [image] October powder turns in the Cave Couloir. Surprisingly, there was lots of activity on the park road in the morning hours. With hunters pulled over waiting for their targets to cross the "line" and construction crew all over the inner road trying to get the pathway project finished. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about pathways in the park, and I'd bet [image]there is an increase in bicycle/pedestrian/car accidents over the coming years...not to mention parking issues. Anyway, I managed to get to the Lupine Meadows trailhead just as the sun was rising and hitting Teewinot and the Grand, and I knew I'd be in for a fun day. As I was just getting going down the trail, I ran into some bros who had pulled the plug on their own adventure, commenting about the amount of snow once you reached the Meadows. It got me thinking as I zoned out and hammered out the few miles of climbing to get into Garnet Canyon, and I was glad I had brought my climbing skins. When I reached the Platforms, the snow was getting deep enough where I'd rather be wearing my AT boots instead of my tennis, and I booted up before negotiating the boulder field. [image] Booting through The Meadows. Getting through the boulders was easier than I thought it would be with snow on top of thinly covered rocks, but it was grippy and didn't slow me down very much. As I scurried further up the canyon, I couldn't help notice that the Cave Couloir was still untracked. I didn't have much of an agenda, so I moved past the Meadows and started post-holing through tough terrain. I hemmed and hawed about putting my skins on. Though the coverage didn't warrant much skiing, it looked to be enough for some skinning, and getting the skis off my back. I stubbornly kept booting, occasionally falling through a deep hole between boulders, until I reached the bottom of the couloir. The conditions looked pretty good, with about 4-6 inches of good powder on top of firm and breakable crust. The snow looked like it might be a bit gloppy, so I left my crampons in the pack and booted to the top. I transitioned quickly, psyched to sample the goods, and was soon linking turns in soft snow. Not in ski shape yet, I stopped a couple times on the way down to where I thought the base ended and only a foot or two of fresher snow cover the rocks. [image] Noodling through the boulders with the skis on. [image]I hesitated for a moment, but I really didn't want to walk back down through the boulder field, so I keep my skis on and snowplowed and long poled my way through. Even though it wasn't pretty, I didn't hit too many rocks and it made me feel good inside. The rewards are small on ski adventures like this, but at least I got a few good turns and some exercise in preparation for a long winter ahead. Pray for snow! Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the difficulty below:

extreme

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the avalanche danger below:

high

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the terrain type below:

couloir

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the trailhead below:

Death Canyon

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the duration please return "unsure". The duration should be a number with units of hours. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the duration below:

5-6 hours

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the snow conditions please return "unsure". The snow conditions should be one of the following options: powder, corn, ice, crust, wind scoured. Feel free to provide multiple values for the snow conditions. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the snow conditions below:

powder

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Son of Apocalypse Couloir backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the scenic rating please return "unsure". The scenic rating should be one of the following options: not scenic, somewhat scenic, very scenic. Here is the text: Backcountry Skiing, Trip Report Son of Apocalypse January 20, 2015 Rene 1 Comment [image] Location: GTNP, Death Canyon, Prospector Mountain Tags: Backcountry Skiing, Skiing, Ski Mountaineering Elevation: 9,413', 4,262' gain/loss Distance: 8 miles RT Difficulty: 4 stars Time: 5-6 hours Trip Report: Date: 1/17/2015 Snow Conditions: 10″ of consolidated powder, stable with pockets of deeper snow With around 10″ of snow and more on the way: Chase, Tim and I decided to venture into GTNP during a weather window to try and tackle Son of Apocalypse. It is one of many north facing couloirs off Prospector Mountain that end up in Death Canyon. We left town around 8:15am, delighted by the amazing weather and great visibility. We were moving from the Death Canyon parking area at 9am and made some good time up to Phelps Overlook. Here, we took off our skins and traversed right (south), following the summer trail until we crossed onto the large field to the west of Phelps Lake. [image] Field to the west of Phelps Lake. We made a few fun turns down the field and then straight-lined it for the far end of the field and the snow covered bridge towards the south west of the field. We transitioned back to skin mode and started moving up and to the right - onto a flank of Prospector Mountain. In the past, I have gone across the south west corner of Phelps Lake and started skinning up the obvious avalanche path, but we decided to try a different path considering we were going to be breaking trail regardless. [image] The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin. We worked our way up, through some tight growth and eventually found ourselves lookers right of the avalanche path and the "normal" skin up. We crossed the path and continued up the ridge, finding a faint skin track from a few days earlier. The up was fairly easy and we soon found ourselves on the ridge that eventually leads to the Son of Apocalypse. We found the little depression in the ridge we were looking for around 4hrs from leaving the truck. While waiting for the group, I scoped out an alternative entry to the couloir that would provide a lot more spice, but looked doable if the conditions were right. [image] Alternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse. We changed over to ski mode and made some quick assessments of the snowpack. It seemed stable, with no areas of concern and we decided on a few ski cuts to test our theory. This provided no movement, so we proceeded on with cautious optimism. [image] Tim skiing pow down the first pitch. The snow proved to be very fun and deep, with minimal sluff or crust. We cruised down the first pitch and then got into the heart of the couloir, with large rock walls and numerous hanging snow fields rising from each side. [image] Tim, skiing in the distance down the second pitch. [image] More couloir powder turns please. We made our way down the massive couloir, each having a blast and amazed at the amount of snow in the couloir. We were unsure if the rock band in the middle of the couloir had filled in, but were confident that we could either air/down climb it if necessary. So with a little trepidation, we reached the crux and found that it has filled in enough to pick our way through it. [image] Chase and Tim above the crux of the ski. From here, the couloir eventually pinched into a fairly tight choke toward the bottom of the run, before opening up to the exit apron. We skied down to the pinch and passed through without incident. [image] Looking down to the pinch. [image] Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier coming out of the pinch. We skied the apron down for a bit and had a look up to Apocalypse Couloir to see if the ice bulge was filled in. We couldn't determine if it was, but could tell that if it was skiable, it must be about a ski length wide at most. [image] Exit of Apocalypse Couloir. From here, we crossed the stream and found the summer trail out of Death Canyon, which proved to be quite fast (up on the north side of the canyon). We eventually put our skins back on and made our way across the field from earlier and up to Phelps Overlook. We took one last look at Prospector Mountain and Death Canyon before turning our backs on the zone and making our way back to the truck. [image] Son of Apocalypse. The traverse/ski back was fairly fast, with us arriving at the truck in 5hrs 40min. We felt pretty lucky to have skied a couloir like that in deep snow and even more fortunate that the snow was completely stable. We knew that days like this were few and far between in the Tetons and soaked in the joy as we made the drive back to town. 43.790428 -110.681763 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Zorro Snowfield backcountry skiing route. The difficulty should be one of the following options: easy, moderate, hard, extreme. Feel free to infer the difficulty, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Committed - Zorro Snowfield, Spalding Peak - GTNP, WY (05.18.23) [image] The Zorro Snowfield is a mythical ski mountaineering descent on the northeast aspect of Spalding Peak, a winding, unintuitive journey down 1,300 feet of steep off-camber ramps underpinned by a monstrous (nearly quarter mile wide) cliff. Sadly, our conditions didn't align for the most stylish descent, but descend we did. I was excited to get back into the park with Vinny. It had been six days since we skied the Northeast Snowfields on Mount Owen and my ski mountaineering itch was booming. Our plan was to aim a little lower, linking the Zorro Snowfield on Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir on the Middle Teton - corn around the sundial. With partly cloudy skies and light winds we pretended it was January and left the car at 4:50AM - which in hindsight was a touch cavalier. Following new approach beta we made our way directly up Burnt Wagon Gulch from the Glacier View Turnout, hammering up the drainage on mostly snow, hiking the summer trail on mostly dirt and finally reaching pure snow terrain just shy of the boulder field. To this point the snow was bullet hard and we were feeling very confident in conditions, the sun was just rising - another beautiful spring day in Grand Teton National Park. [image] Cloudveil Dome, Spalding Peak and the Zorro Snowfield As we made our way into the South Fork the snow steadily became less consolidated. Ambient temperatures in the canyon were far warmer than the valley floor. We sweated like dogs as we gained the elevation band linking the bases of Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir, about 11,000 feet. We talked briefly about nixing the Zorro and getting an early jump on the shaded and SSE facing Chouinard, but increasing cloud cover and a light breeze urged us to hold course. Hedging our bets on wind-preserved corn we forked left and began climbing the North Snowfield of Spalding Peak around 8:45AM. With absolutely no internet or print information on ski descents of the Zorro, we discussed three approaches to the challenge. The preferable was to climb head-on, utilizing a thin snow-ramp looker's left to reach the main snowfield, but the remaining snow after last month's mega thaw was uninspiring at best, and likely poorly adhered to the granite slabs beneath. Option two was to climb the East Ridge of Cloudveil Dome, a mostly fourth class ramble with one distinct crux of 5.1+ slab, but climbing friction in ski boots is dicy business, and we left the lead rack at home. Option three, our choice, was to climb the non-technical North Snowfield of Spalding Peak and ski in from the top. Personally I almost always prefer to climb my descent route, to assess snow and route conditions before skiing, but today top-down appeared most practical. We reached the east summit of Spalding at 9:30AM. [image] Looking into the abyss of Spalding Peak's northeast face [image] Vinny skis off the east summit of Spalding Peak Wispy clouds, cool temps and a light breeze kept the mood mellow, and we leisurely prepared for descent citing "no real rush" for slope warming. We dropped in at 9:50AM and enjoyed 200 feet of highly exposed and generally quality jump turns to our first obstacle of the day. What we originally predicted to be a brief fourth class down-climb through a rocky choke turned out to be an isothermal groove requiring a 200 foot rappel and some additional easy scrambling. Taken aback by the wet, unconsolidated, knee-deep mush during the rappel we proceeded onto the face cautiously, hoping that the snow would firm back up once we reached a deeper snowpack. Sadly, our first turns on the wildly exposed Zorro Snowfield presented the harsh truth that for whatever reason, the high alpine did not receive the same freeze as 10,000 feet and below. The snow was sloppy, about 6-8 inches of damp, semi-supportable snow on a weak crust - the corn smoothie you would expect on an east Teton aspect during an unfiltered late-spring day come 2:00PM. Had there been a practical retreat we would have re-ascended, however, we felt the predictable hazard of wet slough was easy enough to manage, and the fastest way off the warming face was down. Cautious turns and several ski cuts saw us across the Zorro, where we washed off the top few inches and enjoyed surprisingly pleasant slow-going jump turns on the 40-45 degree hanging snowfield. The lower half of the "Z" was perhaps the crux, as the snow between the two cliff bands was more reactive and the exposure increasingly eminent. Nonetheless, the wet loose hazard felt manageable and we were able to link conservative turns to the shaded confines of Cloudveil's North Face, joined by the soundtrack of wet avalanches ripping through the gun barrel of the Ellingwood Couloir - we wouldn't be skiing the Chouinard today. [image] Vinny conquers the wet on the Zorro Snowfield As the one who spent his whole season scouting this line, I volunteered my neck for the journey to the edge. Cautiously descending to the toe of the terminal cliff, as far skier's right as humanely possible, I determined the exit snow ramp too isothermal for ski-through and rigged a rappel anchor. With two 60M ropes we reached the snowline within literal inches of our stopper knots, taking care to direct the rope through a black chimney which provided the shortest linear path to snow. On the way down the rope got snagged on a rusty half driven ring piton requiring reascent, we rappelled through two mini waterfalls that filled our boots with standing water, and, while pulling ropes, Vinny nearly disappeared into a bergshrund. If this whole fandango sounds like a bit of a junk show, that's because it was - but the skiing was oddly fun, and our tribulations were largely functions of discomfort rather than safety. [image] Vinny escapes the Zorro [image] Our tracks on the Zorro Snowfield All in all the Zorro Snowfield was an inspiring, quirky and fun ski mountaineering adventure. I am proud of Vinny and I's ability to problem solve, communicate effectively and manage multiple fall-lines amidst a shaky snowpack. While our descent seemed reasonably safe, it fell short of my style benchmarks - you know, sloppy slushy jump turns, slow skiing, rope tangles and snags, etc`. I look forward to returning to the Zorro, most likely next season, when the face can hopefully be gained and climbed directly in better snow conditions, and skied without a rappel. Though Spalding East appears the geological apex of the Zorro, a better descent might be from the west ridge of Cloudveil Dome, avoiding the initial rappel and offering more total skiing. Gripes aside, the Zorro was a meaningful tick to my curious eye - a face I'd wanted to paint turns on since I first laid on it nearly a decade ago, offering far better skiing than one would imagine. [image] Zorro Snowfield Topo Ten Thousand Too Far is generously supported by Icelantic Skis from Golden Colorado, Barrels & Bins Natural Market in Driggs Idaho, Range Meal Bars from Bozeman Montana and Black Diamond Equipment. Give these guys some business - who doesn't need great skis, gear and wholesome food? [image] [image] [image] Please return the difficulty below:

extreme

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Zorro Snowfield backcountry skiing route. The avalanche danger should be one of the following options: low, moderate, considerable, high, extreme. Feel free to infer the avalanche danger, but if don't have enough information to make an inference please return "unsure". Here is the text: Committed - Zorro Snowfield, Spalding Peak - GTNP, WY (05.18.23) [image] The Zorro Snowfield is a mythical ski mountaineering descent on the northeast aspect of Spalding Peak, a winding, unintuitive journey down 1,300 feet of steep off-camber ramps underpinned by a monstrous (nearly quarter mile wide) cliff. Sadly, our conditions didn't align for the most stylish descent, but descend we did. I was excited to get back into the park with Vinny. It had been six days since we skied the Northeast Snowfields on Mount Owen and my ski mountaineering itch was booming. Our plan was to aim a little lower, linking the Zorro Snowfield on Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir on the Middle Teton - corn around the sundial. With partly cloudy skies and light winds we pretended it was January and left the car at 4:50AM - which in hindsight was a touch cavalier. Following new approach beta we made our way directly up Burnt Wagon Gulch from the Glacier View Turnout, hammering up the drainage on mostly snow, hiking the summer trail on mostly dirt and finally reaching pure snow terrain just shy of the boulder field. To this point the snow was bullet hard and we were feeling very confident in conditions, the sun was just rising - another beautiful spring day in Grand Teton National Park. [image] Cloudveil Dome, Spalding Peak and the Zorro Snowfield As we made our way into the South Fork the snow steadily became less consolidated. Ambient temperatures in the canyon were far warmer than the valley floor. We sweated like dogs as we gained the elevation band linking the bases of Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir, about 11,000 feet. We talked briefly about nixing the Zorro and getting an early jump on the shaded and SSE facing Chouinard, but increasing cloud cover and a light breeze urged us to hold course. Hedging our bets on wind-preserved corn we forked left and began climbing the North Snowfield of Spalding Peak around 8:45AM. With absolutely no internet or print information on ski descents of the Zorro, we discussed three approaches to the challenge. The preferable was to climb head-on, utilizing a thin snow-ramp looker's left to reach the main snowfield, but the remaining snow after last month's mega thaw was uninspiring at best, and likely poorly adhered to the granite slabs beneath. Option two was to climb the East Ridge of Cloudveil Dome, a mostly fourth class ramble with one distinct crux of 5.1+ slab, but climbing friction in ski boots is dicy business, and we left the lead rack at home. Option three, our choice, was to climb the non-technical North Snowfield of Spalding Peak and ski in from the top. Personally I almost always prefer to climb my descent route, to assess snow and route conditions before skiing, but today top-down appeared most practical. We reached the east summit of Spalding at 9:30AM. [image] Looking into the abyss of Spalding Peak's northeast face [image] Vinny skis off the east summit of Spalding Peak Wispy clouds, cool temps and a light breeze kept the mood mellow, and we leisurely prepared for descent citing "no real rush" for slope warming. We dropped in at 9:50AM and enjoyed 200 feet of highly exposed and generally quality jump turns to our first obstacle of the day. What we originally predicted to be a brief fourth class down-climb through a rocky choke turned out to be an isothermal groove requiring a 200 foot rappel and some additional easy scrambling. Taken aback by the wet, unconsolidated, knee-deep mush during the rappel we proceeded onto the face cautiously, hoping that the snow would firm back up once we reached a deeper snowpack. Sadly, our first turns on the wildly exposed Zorro Snowfield presented the harsh truth that for whatever reason, the high alpine did not receive the same freeze as 10,000 feet and below. The snow was sloppy, about 6-8 inches of damp, semi-supportable snow on a weak crust - the corn smoothie you would expect on an east Teton aspect during an unfiltered late-spring day come 2:00PM. Had there been a practical retreat we would have re-ascended, however, we felt the predictable hazard of wet slough was easy enough to manage, and the fastest way off the warming face was down. Cautious turns and several ski cuts saw us across the Zorro, where we washed off the top few inches and enjoyed surprisingly pleasant slow-going jump turns on the 40-45 degree hanging snowfield. The lower half of the "Z" was perhaps the crux, as the snow between the two cliff bands was more reactive and the exposure increasingly eminent. Nonetheless, the wet loose hazard felt manageable and we were able to link conservative turns to the shaded confines of Cloudveil's North Face, joined by the soundtrack of wet avalanches ripping through the gun barrel of the Ellingwood Couloir - we wouldn't be skiing the Chouinard today. [image] Vinny conquers the wet on the Zorro Snowfield As the one who spent his whole season scouting this line, I volunteered my neck for the journey to the edge. Cautiously descending to the toe of the terminal cliff, as far skier's right as humanely possible, I determined the exit snow ramp too isothermal for ski-through and rigged a rappel anchor. With two 60M ropes we reached the snowline within literal inches of our stopper knots, taking care to direct the rope through a black chimney which provided the shortest linear path to snow. On the way down the rope got snagged on a rusty half driven ring piton requiring reascent, we rappelled through two mini waterfalls that filled our boots with standing water, and, while pulling ropes, Vinny nearly disappeared into a bergshrund. If this whole fandango sounds like a bit of a junk show, that's because it was - but the skiing was oddly fun, and our tribulations were largely functions of discomfort rather than safety. [image] Vinny escapes the Zorro [image] Our tracks on the Zorro Snowfield All in all the Zorro Snowfield was an inspiring, quirky and fun ski mountaineering adventure. I am proud of Vinny and I's ability to problem solve, communicate effectively and manage multiple fall-lines amidst a shaky snowpack. While our descent seemed reasonably safe, it fell short of my style benchmarks - you know, sloppy slushy jump turns, slow skiing, rope tangles and snags, etc`. I look forward to returning to the Zorro, most likely next season, when the face can hopefully be gained and climbed directly in better snow conditions, and skied without a rappel. Though Spalding East appears the geological apex of the Zorro, a better descent might be from the west ridge of Cloudveil Dome, avoiding the initial rappel and offering more total skiing. Gripes aside, the Zorro was a meaningful tick to my curious eye - a face I'd wanted to paint turns on since I first laid on it nearly a decade ago, offering far better skiing than one would imagine. [image] Zorro Snowfield Topo Ten Thousand Too Far is generously supported by Icelantic Skis from Golden Colorado, Barrels & Bins Natural Market in Driggs Idaho, Range Meal Bars from Bozeman Montana and Black Diamond Equipment. Give these guys some business - who doesn't need great skis, gear and wholesome food? [image] [image] [image] Please return the avalanche danger below:

extreme

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Zorro Snowfield backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the terrain type please return "unsure". The terrain type should be one of the following options: couloir, bowl, face, ridge, chute, traverse, trees, glacier. Feel free to provide multiple values for the terrain type. Here is the text: Committed - Zorro Snowfield, Spalding Peak - GTNP, WY (05.18.23) [image] The Zorro Snowfield is a mythical ski mountaineering descent on the northeast aspect of Spalding Peak, a winding, unintuitive journey down 1,300 feet of steep off-camber ramps underpinned by a monstrous (nearly quarter mile wide) cliff. Sadly, our conditions didn't align for the most stylish descent, but descend we did. I was excited to get back into the park with Vinny. It had been six days since we skied the Northeast Snowfields on Mount Owen and my ski mountaineering itch was booming. Our plan was to aim a little lower, linking the Zorro Snowfield on Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir on the Middle Teton - corn around the sundial. With partly cloudy skies and light winds we pretended it was January and left the car at 4:50AM - which in hindsight was a touch cavalier. Following new approach beta we made our way directly up Burnt Wagon Gulch from the Glacier View Turnout, hammering up the drainage on mostly snow, hiking the summer trail on mostly dirt and finally reaching pure snow terrain just shy of the boulder field. To this point the snow was bullet hard and we were feeling very confident in conditions, the sun was just rising - another beautiful spring day in Grand Teton National Park. [image] Cloudveil Dome, Spalding Peak and the Zorro Snowfield As we made our way into the South Fork the snow steadily became less consolidated. Ambient temperatures in the canyon were far warmer than the valley floor. We sweated like dogs as we gained the elevation band linking the bases of Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir, about 11,000 feet. We talked briefly about nixing the Zorro and getting an early jump on the shaded and SSE facing Chouinard, but increasing cloud cover and a light breeze urged us to hold course. Hedging our bets on wind-preserved corn we forked left and began climbing the North Snowfield of Spalding Peak around 8:45AM. With absolutely no internet or print information on ski descents of the Zorro, we discussed three approaches to the challenge. The preferable was to climb head-on, utilizing a thin snow-ramp looker's left to reach the main snowfield, but the remaining snow after last month's mega thaw was uninspiring at best, and likely poorly adhered to the granite slabs beneath. Option two was to climb the East Ridge of Cloudveil Dome, a mostly fourth class ramble with one distinct crux of 5.1+ slab, but climbing friction in ski boots is dicy business, and we left the lead rack at home. Option three, our choice, was to climb the non-technical North Snowfield of Spalding Peak and ski in from the top. Personally I almost always prefer to climb my descent route, to assess snow and route conditions before skiing, but today top-down appeared most practical. We reached the east summit of Spalding at 9:30AM. [image] Looking into the abyss of Spalding Peak's northeast face [image] Vinny skis off the east summit of Spalding Peak Wispy clouds, cool temps and a light breeze kept the mood mellow, and we leisurely prepared for descent citing "no real rush" for slope warming. We dropped in at 9:50AM and enjoyed 200 feet of highly exposed and generally quality jump turns to our first obstacle of the day. What we originally predicted to be a brief fourth class down-climb through a rocky choke turned out to be an isothermal groove requiring a 200 foot rappel and some additional easy scrambling. Taken aback by the wet, unconsolidated, knee-deep mush during the rappel we proceeded onto the face cautiously, hoping that the snow would firm back up once we reached a deeper snowpack. Sadly, our first turns on the wildly exposed Zorro Snowfield presented the harsh truth that for whatever reason, the high alpine did not receive the same freeze as 10,000 feet and below. The snow was sloppy, about 6-8 inches of damp, semi-supportable snow on a weak crust - the corn smoothie you would expect on an east Teton aspect during an unfiltered late-spring day come 2:00PM. Had there been a practical retreat we would have re-ascended, however, we felt the predictable hazard of wet slough was easy enough to manage, and the fastest way off the warming face was down. Cautious turns and several ski cuts saw us across the Zorro, where we washed off the top few inches and enjoyed surprisingly pleasant slow-going jump turns on the 40-45 degree hanging snowfield. The lower half of the "Z" was perhaps the crux, as the snow between the two cliff bands was more reactive and the exposure increasingly eminent. Nonetheless, the wet loose hazard felt manageable and we were able to link conservative turns to the shaded confines of Cloudveil's North Face, joined by the soundtrack of wet avalanches ripping through the gun barrel of the Ellingwood Couloir - we wouldn't be skiing the Chouinard today. [image] Vinny conquers the wet on the Zorro Snowfield As the one who spent his whole season scouting this line, I volunteered my neck for the journey to the edge. Cautiously descending to the toe of the terminal cliff, as far skier's right as humanely possible, I determined the exit snow ramp too isothermal for ski-through and rigged a rappel anchor. With two 60M ropes we reached the snowline within literal inches of our stopper knots, taking care to direct the rope through a black chimney which provided the shortest linear path to snow. On the way down the rope got snagged on a rusty half driven ring piton requiring reascent, we rappelled through two mini waterfalls that filled our boots with standing water, and, while pulling ropes, Vinny nearly disappeared into a bergshrund. If this whole fandango sounds like a bit of a junk show, that's because it was - but the skiing was oddly fun, and our tribulations were largely functions of discomfort rather than safety. [image] Vinny escapes the Zorro [image] Our tracks on the Zorro Snowfield All in all the Zorro Snowfield was an inspiring, quirky and fun ski mountaineering adventure. I am proud of Vinny and I's ability to problem solve, communicate effectively and manage multiple fall-lines amidst a shaky snowpack. While our descent seemed reasonably safe, it fell short of my style benchmarks - you know, sloppy slushy jump turns, slow skiing, rope tangles and snags, etc`. I look forward to returning to the Zorro, most likely next season, when the face can hopefully be gained and climbed directly in better snow conditions, and skied without a rappel. Though Spalding East appears the geological apex of the Zorro, a better descent might be from the west ridge of Cloudveil Dome, avoiding the initial rappel and offering more total skiing. Gripes aside, the Zorro was a meaningful tick to my curious eye - a face I'd wanted to paint turns on since I first laid on it nearly a decade ago, offering far better skiing than one would imagine. [image] Zorro Snowfield Topo Ten Thousand Too Far is generously supported by Icelantic Skis from Golden Colorado, Barrels & Bins Natural Market in Driggs Idaho, Range Meal Bars from Bozeman Montana and Black Diamond Equipment. Give these guys some business - who doesn't need great skis, gear and wholesome food? [image] [image] [image] Please return the terrain type below:

face

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Zorro Snowfield backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the trailhead please return "unsure". Feel free to provide multiple values for the trailhead. Here is the text: Committed - Zorro Snowfield, Spalding Peak - GTNP, WY (05.18.23) [image] The Zorro Snowfield is a mythical ski mountaineering descent on the northeast aspect of Spalding Peak, a winding, unintuitive journey down 1,300 feet of steep off-camber ramps underpinned by a monstrous (nearly quarter mile wide) cliff. Sadly, our conditions didn't align for the most stylish descent, but descend we did. I was excited to get back into the park with Vinny. It had been six days since we skied the Northeast Snowfields on Mount Owen and my ski mountaineering itch was booming. Our plan was to aim a little lower, linking the Zorro Snowfield on Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir on the Middle Teton - corn around the sundial. With partly cloudy skies and light winds we pretended it was January and left the car at 4:50AM - which in hindsight was a touch cavalier. Following new approach beta we made our way directly up Burnt Wagon Gulch from the Glacier View Turnout, hammering up the drainage on mostly snow, hiking the summer trail on mostly dirt and finally reaching pure snow terrain just shy of the boulder field. To this point the snow was bullet hard and we were feeling very confident in conditions, the sun was just rising - another beautiful spring day in Grand Teton National Park. [image] Cloudveil Dome, Spalding Peak and the Zorro Snowfield As we made our way into the South Fork the snow steadily became less consolidated. Ambient temperatures in the canyon were far warmer than the valley floor. We sweated like dogs as we gained the elevation band linking the bases of Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir, about 11,000 feet. We talked briefly about nixing the Zorro and getting an early jump on the shaded and SSE facing Chouinard, but increasing cloud cover and a light breeze urged us to hold course. Hedging our bets on wind-preserved corn we forked left and began climbing the North Snowfield of Spalding Peak around 8:45AM. With absolutely no internet or print information on ski descents of the Zorro, we discussed three approaches to the challenge. The preferable was to climb head-on, utilizing a thin snow-ramp looker's left to reach the main snowfield, but the remaining snow after last month's mega thaw was uninspiring at best, and likely poorly adhered to the granite slabs beneath. Option two was to climb the East Ridge of Cloudveil Dome, a mostly fourth class ramble with one distinct crux of 5.1+ slab, but climbing friction in ski boots is dicy business, and we left the lead rack at home. Option three, our choice, was to climb the non-technical North Snowfield of Spalding Peak and ski in from the top. Personally I almost always prefer to climb my descent route, to assess snow and route conditions before skiing, but today top-down appeared most practical. We reached the east summit of Spalding at 9:30AM. [image] Looking into the abyss of Spalding Peak's northeast face [image] Vinny skis off the east summit of Spalding Peak Wispy clouds, cool temps and a light breeze kept the mood mellow, and we leisurely prepared for descent citing "no real rush" for slope warming. We dropped in at 9:50AM and enjoyed 200 feet of highly exposed and generally quality jump turns to our first obstacle of the day. What we originally predicted to be a brief fourth class down-climb through a rocky choke turned out to be an isothermal groove requiring a 200 foot rappel and some additional easy scrambling. Taken aback by the wet, unconsolidated, knee-deep mush during the rappel we proceeded onto the face cautiously, hoping that the snow would firm back up once we reached a deeper snowpack. Sadly, our first turns on the wildly exposed Zorro Snowfield presented the harsh truth that for whatever reason, the high alpine did not receive the same freeze as 10,000 feet and below. The snow was sloppy, about 6-8 inches of damp, semi-supportable snow on a weak crust - the corn smoothie you would expect on an east Teton aspect during an unfiltered late-spring day come 2:00PM. Had there been a practical retreat we would have re-ascended, however, we felt the predictable hazard of wet slough was easy enough to manage, and the fastest way off the warming face was down. Cautious turns and several ski cuts saw us across the Zorro, where we washed off the top few inches and enjoyed surprisingly pleasant slow-going jump turns on the 40-45 degree hanging snowfield. The lower half of the "Z" was perhaps the crux, as the snow between the two cliff bands was more reactive and the exposure increasingly eminent. Nonetheless, the wet loose hazard felt manageable and we were able to link conservative turns to the shaded confines of Cloudveil's North Face, joined by the soundtrack of wet avalanches ripping through the gun barrel of the Ellingwood Couloir - we wouldn't be skiing the Chouinard today. [image] Vinny conquers the wet on the Zorro Snowfield As the one who spent his whole season scouting this line, I volunteered my neck for the journey to the edge. Cautiously descending to the toe of the terminal cliff, as far skier's right as humanely possible, I determined the exit snow ramp too isothermal for ski-through and rigged a rappel anchor. With two 60M ropes we reached the snowline within literal inches of our stopper knots, taking care to direct the rope through a black chimney which provided the shortest linear path to snow. On the way down the rope got snagged on a rusty half driven ring piton requiring reascent, we rappelled through two mini waterfalls that filled our boots with standing water, and, while pulling ropes, Vinny nearly disappeared into a bergshrund. If this whole fandango sounds like a bit of a junk show, that's because it was - but the skiing was oddly fun, and our tribulations were largely functions of discomfort rather than safety. [image] Vinny escapes the Zorro [image] Our tracks on the Zorro Snowfield All in all the Zorro Snowfield was an inspiring, quirky and fun ski mountaineering adventure. I am proud of Vinny and I's ability to problem solve, communicate effectively and manage multiple fall-lines amidst a shaky snowpack. While our descent seemed reasonably safe, it fell short of my style benchmarks - you know, sloppy slushy jump turns, slow skiing, rope tangles and snags, etc`. I look forward to returning to the Zorro, most likely next season, when the face can hopefully be gained and climbed directly in better snow conditions, and skied without a rappel. Though Spalding East appears the geological apex of the Zorro, a better descent might be from the west ridge of Cloudveil Dome, avoiding the initial rappel and offering more total skiing. Gripes aside, the Zorro was a meaningful tick to my curious eye - a face I'd wanted to paint turns on since I first laid on it nearly a decade ago, offering far better skiing than one would imagine. [image] Zorro Snowfield Topo Ten Thousand Too Far is generously supported by Icelantic Skis from Golden Colorado, Barrels & Bins Natural Market in Driggs Idaho, Range Meal Bars from Bozeman Montana and Black Diamond Equipment. Give these guys some business - who doesn't need great skis, gear and wholesome food? [image] [image] [image] Please return the trailhead below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Zorro Snowfield backcountry skiing route. If the text doesn't mention the popularity please return "unsure". The popularity should be one of the following options: not popular, somewhat popular, very popular. Here is the text: Committed - Zorro Snowfield, Spalding Peak - GTNP, WY (05.18.23) [image] The Zorro Snowfield is a mythical ski mountaineering descent on the northeast aspect of Spalding Peak, a winding, unintuitive journey down 1,300 feet of steep off-camber ramps underpinned by a monstrous (nearly quarter mile wide) cliff. Sadly, our conditions didn't align for the most stylish descent, but descend we did. I was excited to get back into the park with Vinny. It had been six days since we skied the Northeast Snowfields on Mount Owen and my ski mountaineering itch was booming. Our plan was to aim a little lower, linking the Zorro Snowfield on Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir on the Middle Teton - corn around the sundial. With partly cloudy skies and light winds we pretended it was January and left the car at 4:50AM - which in hindsight was a touch cavalier. Following new approach beta we made our way directly up Burnt Wagon Gulch from the Glacier View Turnout, hammering up the drainage on mostly snow, hiking the summer trail on mostly dirt and finally reaching pure snow terrain just shy of the boulder field. To this point the snow was bullet hard and we were feeling very confident in conditions, the sun was just rising - another beautiful spring day in Grand Teton National Park. [image] Cloudveil Dome, Spalding Peak and the Zorro Snowfield As we made our way into the South Fork the snow steadily became less consolidated. Ambient temperatures in the canyon were far warmer than the valley floor. We sweated like dogs as we gained the elevation band linking the bases of Spalding Peak and the Chouinard Couloir, about 11,000 feet. We talked briefly about nixing the Zorro and getting an early jump on the shaded and SSE facing Chouinard, but increasing cloud cover and a light breeze urged us to hold course. Hedging our bets on wind-preserved corn we forked left and began climbing the North Snowfield of Spalding Peak around 8:45AM. With absolutely no internet or print information on ski descents of the Zorro, we discussed three approaches to the challenge. The preferable was to climb head-on, utilizing a thin snow-ramp looker's left to reach the main snowfield, but the remaining snow after last month's mega thaw was uninspiring at best, and likely poorly adhered to the granite slabs beneath. Option two was to climb the East Ridge of Cloudveil Dome, a mostly fourth class ramble with one distinct crux of 5.1+ slab, but climbing friction in ski boots is dicy business, and we left the lead rack at home. Option three, our choice, was to climb the non-technical North Snowfield of Spalding Peak and ski in from the top. Personally I almost always prefer to climb my descent route, to assess snow and route conditions before skiing, but today top-down appeared most practical. We reached the east summit of Spalding at 9:30AM. [image] Looking into the abyss of Spalding Peak's northeast face [image] Vinny skis off the east summit of Spalding Peak Wispy clouds, cool temps and a light breeze kept the mood mellow, and we leisurely prepared for descent citing "no real rush" for slope warming. We dropped in at 9:50AM and enjoyed 200 feet of highly exposed and generally quality jump turns to our first obstacle of the day. What we originally predicted to be a brief fourth class down-climb through a rocky choke turned out to be an isothermal groove requiring a 200 foot rappel and some additional easy scrambling. Taken aback by the wet, unconsolidated, knee-deep mush during the rappel we proceeded onto the face cautiously, hoping that the snow would firm back up once we reached a deeper snowpack. Sadly, our first turns on the wildly exposed Zorro Snowfield presented the harsh truth that for whatever reason, the high alpine did not receive the same freeze as 10,000 feet and below. The snow was sloppy, about 6-8 inches of damp, semi-supportable snow on a weak crust - the corn smoothie you would expect on an east Teton aspect during an unfiltered late-spring day come 2:00PM. Had there been a practical retreat we would have re-ascended, however, we felt the predictable hazard of wet slough was easy enough to manage, and the fastest way off the warming face was down. Cautious turns and several ski cuts saw us across the Zorro, where we washed off the top few inches and enjoyed surprisingly pleasant slow-going jump turns on the 40-45 degree hanging snowfield. The lower half of the "Z" was perhaps the crux, as the snow between the two cliff bands was more reactive and the exposure increasingly eminent. Nonetheless, the wet loose hazard felt manageable and we were able to link conservative turns to the shaded confines of Cloudveil's North Face, joined by the soundtrack of wet avalanches ripping through the gun barrel of the Ellingwood Couloir - we wouldn't be skiing the Chouinard today. [image] Vinny conquers the wet on the Zorro Snowfield As the one who spent his whole season scouting this line, I volunteered my neck for the journey to the edge. Cautiously descending to the toe of the terminal cliff, as far skier's right as humanely possible, I determined the exit snow ramp too isothermal for ski-through and rigged a rappel anchor. With two 60M ropes we reached the snowline within literal inches of our stopper knots, taking care to direct the rope through a black chimney which provided the shortest linear path to snow. On the way down the rope got snagged on a rusty half driven ring piton requiring reascent, we rappelled through two mini waterfalls that filled our boots with standing water, and, while pulling ropes, Vinny nearly disappeared into a bergshrund. If this whole fandango sounds like a bit of a junk show, that's because it was - but the skiing was oddly fun, and our tribulations were largely functions of discomfort rather than safety. [image] Vinny escapes the Zorro [image] Our tracks on the Zorro Snowfield All in all the Zorro Snowfield was an inspiring, quirky and fun ski mountaineering adventure. I am proud of Vinny and I's ability to problem solve, communicate effectively and manage multiple fall-lines amidst a shaky snowpack. While our descent seemed reasonably safe, it fell short of my style benchmarks - you know, sloppy slushy jump turns, slow skiing, rope tangles and snags, etc`. I look forward to returning to the Zorro, most likely next season, when the face can hopefully be gained and climbed directly in better snow conditions, and skied without a rappel. Though Spalding East appears the geological apex of the Zorro, a better descent might be from the west ridge of Cloudveil Dome, avoiding the initial rappel and offering more total skiing. Gripes aside, the Zorro was a meaningful tick to my curious eye - a face I'd wanted to paint turns on since I first laid on it nearly a decade ago, offering far better skiing than one would imagine. [image] Zorro Snowfield Topo Ten Thousand Too Far is generously supported by Icelantic Skis from Golden Colorado, Barrels & Bins Natural Market in Driggs Idaho, Range Meal Bars from Bozeman Montana and Black Diamond Equipment. 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