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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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Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Zorro Snowfield 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: 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 duration below:

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Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Zorro Snowfield 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: 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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Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Zorro Snowfield 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: 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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Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the difficulty below:

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Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the avalanche danger below:

extreme

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the terrain type below:

face, couloir

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the trailhead below:

Colter Bay

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the popularity below:

not popular

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the snow conditions below:

crust

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the The Dirty Sanchez 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: The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 By: randosteve| Posted on: May 5, 2011 | Posted in: Peak 11,226, The Tetons | 15 comments I'm not totally sure what to make of the snowpack after a few days of warm weather followed by colder temps, but it sounds like a good combination to start to set things up a bit more. I think the higher elevations are probably still a bit touchy, but the lower elevation lines seem to be getting better. [image] Randosteve below "The Dirty Sanchez" on an aborted attempt on April 15, 2011. With warmer temps on the way (maybe?), the melting of the ice on Jackson Lake is immanent, but Reed Finlay, Mitch Borocz and I wanted to make one last trip across it to check out a line we've all been eying before it melts out. It's a pretty obscure descent and is called The Dirty Sanchez which has few different meanings and I'm not really sure what it's relevance to this ski line is. Maybe someone can chime it and let us know? [image] On the approach below Peak 10,686. [image]This was mine and Reed's third attempt at skiing the Dirty Sanchez this year. The first try ended up with us turning around due to sketchy snow conditions after climbing about halfway up it. My fourth turn triggered a slide that left us unscathed, but still with the Sanchez on our hit-list. On our second attempt, we decided to just drop-in from the top and skip climbing it, but too much new snow had us worried, so we salvaged the day by skiing some other lines in the area...which was fun, but still leaving us empty handed on our objective. [image] Mitch skins up Quartzite Canyon under mixed skies. [image]For this attempt, we launched from Colter Bay at 5am and although the skies were clear on the drive up to the lake, increasing clouds [image]greeted us as we skied to the west shore under the twilight of the morning. We saw some very fresh bear tracks in the snow not too far up from the lake and it seemed like we just missed running into him. Sure glad that didn't happen!!! [image] Looking down the line on one of two aborted attempts this year. [image]Some steep and firm skinning quickly brought us to the higher reaches of the canyon and I was glad I had my ski crampons. (I use these. Be sure to check out the crampon locks...they work great!) The clouds continued to build in the sky, which bought us some extra time and kept us from sweating our butts off on the ascent. Looking back, if it was a sunny day and with the current conditions, we probably would have been late for this descent, even though we were at the top of the line at 9:30am. [image] Reed drops in. [image]I was still pretty leery of the snowpack after my recent scare on Mount Saint John, but there's no sense sitting around becasue of it and you really don't what the conditions are until you get out there and start poking around. When we finally got a visual on the Sanchez, it looked like it had slid naturally already (our guess is on last Sunday), which boosted my own confidence, not to mention the confidence of Reed and Mitch as well...so we decided to go for it. [image] The Dirty Sanchez. [image]Reed dropped in first and made a few tentative turns on the remaining hang-fire, but was soon below it and skiing on about 4-6” of new [image]snow that had fallen in the past 24 hours. The Dirty Sanchez is comprised of a steep, triangular shaped face and the crux is at the bottom of it with a traverse to the skier's right above some big cliffs to access a steep couloir that brings you onto the apron. The skiing was pretty good, some soft snow, some crusty snow, but it was pretty darn firm on the last turn above the traverse, which kept us on our toes. [image] Mitch skis the lower couloir with Reed above. It felt good to get this one done and off the list, especially after the close call over the weekend. It looks like more moisture is on it way again to Jackson Hole, so the high country will probably be shut-down…again. 15 comments on "The Dirty Sanchez, Point 11,226 Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the difficulty below:

extreme

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the avalanche danger below:

extreme

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the terrain type below:

couloir

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the trailhead below:

Taggert

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the snow conditions below:

powder

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Hossack-MacGowan 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: Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt By: randosteve| Posted on: January 15, 2009 | Posted in: Grand Teton, The Tetons | 10 comments My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an all-out blitz, car-to-car mission. Here, like with many adventures into the mountain to ski rowdy terrain, we see how a skier's urge will push them further in harsh conditions...only to turn around in failure. Photographs by Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson. -Steve [image] The late Hans Saari pushes higher during an attempt to ski the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir of the Grand Teton. Mark Holbrook- When two Utah weekend chute skiing warriors hook up with two young and wild Montana chute skiing die hards...anything can happen. Add into the mix a significant other, a father-in-law and his friend and you have a chute skiing party. Why go try the hardest ski route in the states on a random weekend with a group like this? I'm not really sure but it made for a fun weekend. [image]We all meet up in the parking lot at Taggert trailhead. It was great to see the Mt folks again and we introduced them to our guests. The hike up the valley and into the canyon we gorgeous and still. The going was slow, but everyone slogged on. We made it to the base of the east face late in the afternoon and set up camp while the slower hikers straggled in. It started to snow and we enjoyed a good meal and wild stories told between the three tents. It snowed most of the night and spindrift fell on the tents. We had to dig out a few times during the night and the guests were a bit nervous about what they might have signed up for. In the morning the snow had stopped and we left early for our attempt. We put Helen in charge of camp and knew that she could handle the obscene fart jokes coming out of the guest tent. [image] Andrew McLean at a belay on the north side of the Grand Teton. Andrew McLean- Kris's photos are excellent and brought back many happy (?) memories of our first attempt at the HM, as well as showing how steep the route is. It is kind of scary to think that those images were only in the first third of the route, and that it stays that steep all the way up, as well as dog-legging over a big ass cliff in the upper section. It's a steep'un! [image]I don't really remember the approach details, probably because like many Teton ascents, it involved lots of pain, suffering and heavy loads, so I've repressed it. From what I remember, I think we went in as two separate groups and met up at a camp just below the route. It was kind of mixed weather, so the attempt was looking a little dubious before we even went to sleep that night. The next morning it was snowing, so my mind was geared more towards powder-puffing in the cirque, but I think it was Hans who was all fired up to still try the HM, so we geared up and started up it. Kris Erickson- Looking at the shot where we're booting up the couloir, you can see blue skies wanting to break out but by the time we reached the traverse it was snowing so hard we were getting hit with constant spin drift avalanches. [image] Hans Saari and Andrew McLean get hammered with spindrift in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. Andrew McLean- One great thing about the HM is it lets you know what you are getting into right off the bat. "Hello - I am a wickedly steep line and will remain like this for the next 2,000' so turn back now if you don't like it." Despite deep snow, we kept going. The trail breaking wasn't too hard as the snow was sluffing constantly, but we kept getting hit with powerful sluffs, which was very disconcerting. Over the course of an hour or so as we were climbing, the sluffs started to really pack a punch, so there was some debate about going on. At one point I remember Kris pulling out his technical ice tools and front pointing up an ice bulge. When I followed suit, I got nailed by a sluff that almost knocked me off the bulge, which was all the warning I needed to declare my intentions to retreat. We stopped below a little cliff and while we were discussing our options, a few more sluffs washed over us, which made the decision easier. [image] Andrew McLean getting his skis pointed in the right direction. [image]Mark Holbrook- We started up the couloir in good fashion but the snow was deep and the going slow. When we reached the ice bulge Kris headed right up with Andrew following right behind. Andrew offered me a roped belay and I gladly accepted. We all climb higher entering a small chute that lead to a larger ramp. It was in this section that the spindrift started coming down, light at first but increasing with each flush. It was here that we decided to turn around and head back to camp. Two much new snow to make it to the top, but enough for a very fun ski down the bottom section. Andrew McLean- The skiing on that attempt was pretty good - you can't be scared if you can't see where you are going. We all made it down in one piece (and in one-piece suits) where we then broke down camp and headed out. At some point, Hans mentioned trying it again, to which I made some vague comment like "Uhmmm, yeah, that would be great. Super fun. Try it again. Yeah." (translation: I don't think so.) But one of Hans' gifts was persistence and he set a date of two weeks later and held me to it. [image] Andrew negotiates steep terrain in the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir. [image]Kris Erickson- It's crazy to think about that trip and how it was ten years ago. It'd be great to see someone else get after it and make the third descent at some point, hopefully when conditions are good and their are safe about it. I worry sometimes about people not giving the conditions on the mountain enough respect these days but what can you do. It was a good call to bail when we did as conditions were getting dangerous fast but I would have liked to ski that gem, maybe some day. Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the difficulty below:

hard

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the avalanche danger below:

high

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the terrain type below:

chute

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the trailhead below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the snow conditions below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the TNT 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: TNT TNT is a North facing, highly dangerous avalanche chute. The entrance can be found by going skier's left at the top of the skier's left entrance to the Air Force Chute. TNT has rocky walls, a history of big slides, and will cause you huge trouble if it isn't filled all the way in. You should never drop into a zone in the backcountry when other people are still in it down below you. If you see fresh tracks going in, you should wait for them to get out, or better yet, choose another objective. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 01/31/2016 - (hillbanging.com) Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. Granite Canyon TNT Avalanche Path by geoffhang10: 03/26/2015 [video] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the difficulty below:

extreme

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the avalanche danger below:

high

Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the terrain type below:

couloir

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the trailhead below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the popularity of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the popularity below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the duration of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the duration below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the snow conditions of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the snow conditions below:

unsure

Based on the text given below determine the scenic rating of the Once Is Enough 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: Once is Enough An extremely steep and technical South facing couloir off Cody Peak, located down a good deal to the skier's right of Twice is Nice. This line has a couple options for the entrance, none of them particularly easy. The skier's left is the easier way in but has extreme cliff exposure. The skier's right generally has a cornice which also threatens the line. There is high avalanche danger and the risk of crashing into the cliff walls, especially if you catch some air coming in. Maps *All Mapped Areas are Approximations Trip Reports 04/06/2018 - (Teton Gravity Research) 02/23/2016 - (hillbanging.com) 03/24/2012 - (Elevation Outdoors) 07/20/2008 - (Teton AT) Websites backcountry.com Painted Buffalo Inn freeskier.com Guide Books Jackson Hole Ski Atlas, Edition III by Angus M. Thuermer[image] (Links to guidebooks may be affiliate links) 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. #G3POV - Once Is Enough Couloir & No Name Face by G3: 04/04/2018 [video] Episode 3 - 'Once Is Enough' Jackson Hole by I AM THE TYPO: 02/01/2017 [video] Once is Enough by Jason Strong: 12/13/2013 [video] Once is Enough POV, Jackson Hole Wyoming by Matthew Lombardo: 06/05/2013 [video] Once, No Name, The Womb by BlueDogHope: 03/05/2012 [video] Once is Enough by Jake N: 03/02/2012 [iframe] Jackson Goes Blue: Once, No Name, Gothic by Unofficial Networks: 01/25/2011 [iframe] Find Nearby Zones *All Mapped Areas are Approximations tagged: Southern Tetons, Teton Range Please return the scenic rating below:

unsure

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the difficulty of the Chute the Moon 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: Bobbi Chutes The Moon! - Chute The Moon Couloir, 25 Short/Peak 10,696 - Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (04.16.22) [image] This weekend I had the pleasure of joining Bobbi Clemmer on her first ever... ever... couloir ski descent - and I'm happy to report she knocked the ball out of the park! Chute The Moon was the name of the game, one of the few and finest "entry-level" couloirs in the Tetons. Load the beast with knee deep powder and you have a recipe for an exceptional day. [image] All smiles after two feet of fresh snow in Bobbi's first Grand Teton National Park couloir - Chute The Moon! Even more enjoyable when bundled in my expedition puffy - we call it "black mallow" Though definitely a topic for it's own article, it's been an absolute joy watching Bobbi Clemmer bloom as a backcountry skier this season. Besides a half dozen "one-off" days, 2022 has been her first winter on skis. Money doesn't grow on trees (cough cough, Targhee), so she's been learning almost exclusively in the backcountry. Given the low snow of January and February, most of our skiing has taken place in March and April. Two weeks ago we skied Mount Glory for her second and third times, and last weekend was a glorious powder run on 25 Short. To say I've been impressed is an understatement. Though admittedly biased, I can't really imagine the feeling of clicking into a pair of skis at 10,000 feet in Grand Teton National Park having only skied twenty times. Like what?! In my opinion that's the definition of badass, especially considering she managed the 3,500 foot descent in good style - only two falls, minimum stops and even a few hop turns on some chicken-scratch pow up high, four-some hours car to car - booyah. After a week of heavy snow, 41 inches to be exact, I was back to the drawing board, psyched to get out again with my budding winter adventure buddy. Instead of drowning in low angle pow, we aimed to ratchet up the slope angle and get Bobbi into her first couloir. Chute The Moon, diving north into Avalanche Canyon from the 25 Short/Peak 10,696 saddle, was the logical "first couloir" choice. The line is prized for ease of access, a forgiving slope and broad walls, while still providing a very real and incredibly scenic alpine ski mountaineering experience. I had only skied Chute The Moon once before in atrocious conditions (en route to Buck Mountain's East Face), so it wasn't just Bobbi who was excited for a new descent. Approach We approached Chute The Moon via Mavericks, the large lightly gladed buttress south of 25 Short, below Peak 10,696. I had never skinned up "Mavs" before, so my crusty "I've seen this 20 times before" Grand Teton National Park approach mindset was pleasantly stimulated. We started at 9:00AM, with three friends as a party of five, but got slimmed back down to the Brandon & Bobbi show around 9,700 feet (heal up, Carl and Bailey!). While skiing with the crew would have been a blast, Chute The Moon is a true couloir with confined acreage for fresh turns and a real avalanche slope, so reduced group size wasn't the worst thing for safety's sake. Hand pits and pole probing revealed about 30 inches of well bonded snow with minimal slab formation. Skinning beneath the east face of Peak 10,696 was the crux of the day, but the wind-hammered slope showed no signs of instability. Following Bobbi's pace with a little bit of trail breaking from your's truly, we reached the ~10,200 foot saddle-summit of Chute The Moon at 12:30PM. [image] Bobbi cresting Mavericks en-route to the moon. Peak 10,696 is the highpoint straight ahead. Chuting The Moon Chute The Moon looked almost too good to be true, a dreamy canvas of white fluff deliciousness with no signs of the dreaded wind slab I'd been fearing for the past few days. The two fine gentlemen who broke trail from Mavs to the summit dropped first, making splendid work of the deep, deep pow. As we ate homemade bagel sandwiches and stared into the abyss, I could see excitement percolating through every pore of Bobbi's face. She was in the zone. I dropped first to set up for pictures, nearly front-flipping over the handlebars after an ambitious initial launch. Don't misconstrue this as a complaint, but this powder wasn't exactly quintessential Teton "cold smoke" - we'll go with lightly sweetened, wind whipped cream cheese - Oregon on a cold day - grounds to recalibrate from Teton charge mode to backseat surf mode. Watching Bobbi drop in was the highlight of the day. The difference in her skiing, from learning to link turns in Teton Pass last December to dropping into a 35 degree couloir at 10,200 feet in Grand Teton National Park with little trepidation made me too proud. She was really gettin' it! Her turns flowed soundly for the whole 650 feet, stopping only once for a little lactic acid relief. No dumps or topples, just smiles and good style - I love my days in the steep and spicy, but this right here is what skiing is all about. [image] Bobbi chutes the moon! [image] Big turns in big places [image] Shameless celebration selfies! Rain, Rocks & Potatoes The last lesson for sweet Bobbi to learn on this fine April day is one of the cruelest realities of ski mountaineering, that amazing skiing (if there even is any) is usually only about 10% of the pie. Enter stage left - the Avalanche Canyon out-track in heavy, sticky, rain smattered snow. At least we scored 1,500 feet of mostly great powder in the north fork, because the canyon bottom was on its' worst behavior. Isothermal boulder fields, a few edge-tuning rocks, abundant sidestepping, even more abundant ski base globbing, a three-quarters-melted Taggart Lake, two grouchy tourists and some tediously slow flat-land skating... if you've been there, you know. Once again, hats off to Wonder Woman for keeping a cool head. Six-some hours later we were popping LaCroix's on the trusty Hyundai hatchback, eating homemade almond butter cookies and celebrating a first couloir well shredded. Adventuring with this lady and watching her conquer her goals makes me very happy. More snow next week? Alright... alright - I guess I'll lean into this "Feburary in April" sorta deal. [video] A short top-to-bottom video of your's truly in Chute The Moon [image] My peanut butter queen ♥️ Please return the difficulty below:

moderate

Based on the text given below give me a rating of the avalanche danger of the Chute the Moon 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: Bobbi Chutes The Moon! - Chute The Moon Couloir, 25 Short/Peak 10,696 - Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (04.16.22) [image] This weekend I had the pleasure of joining Bobbi Clemmer on her first ever... ever... couloir ski descent - and I'm happy to report she knocked the ball out of the park! Chute The Moon was the name of the game, one of the few and finest "entry-level" couloirs in the Tetons. Load the beast with knee deep powder and you have a recipe for an exceptional day. [image] All smiles after two feet of fresh snow in Bobbi's first Grand Teton National Park couloir - Chute The Moon! Even more enjoyable when bundled in my expedition puffy - we call it "black mallow" Though definitely a topic for it's own article, it's been an absolute joy watching Bobbi Clemmer bloom as a backcountry skier this season. Besides a half dozen "one-off" days, 2022 has been her first winter on skis. Money doesn't grow on trees (cough cough, Targhee), so she's been learning almost exclusively in the backcountry. Given the low snow of January and February, most of our skiing has taken place in March and April. Two weeks ago we skied Mount Glory for her second and third times, and last weekend was a glorious powder run on 25 Short. To say I've been impressed is an understatement. Though admittedly biased, I can't really imagine the feeling of clicking into a pair of skis at 10,000 feet in Grand Teton National Park having only skied twenty times. Like what?! In my opinion that's the definition of badass, especially considering she managed the 3,500 foot descent in good style - only two falls, minimum stops and even a few hop turns on some chicken-scratch pow up high, four-some hours car to car - booyah. After a week of heavy snow, 41 inches to be exact, I was back to the drawing board, psyched to get out again with my budding winter adventure buddy. Instead of drowning in low angle pow, we aimed to ratchet up the slope angle and get Bobbi into her first couloir. Chute The Moon, diving north into Avalanche Canyon from the 25 Short/Peak 10,696 saddle, was the logical "first couloir" choice. The line is prized for ease of access, a forgiving slope and broad walls, while still providing a very real and incredibly scenic alpine ski mountaineering experience. I had only skied Chute The Moon once before in atrocious conditions (en route to Buck Mountain's East Face), so it wasn't just Bobbi who was excited for a new descent. Approach We approached Chute The Moon via Mavericks, the large lightly gladed buttress south of 25 Short, below Peak 10,696. I had never skinned up "Mavs" before, so my crusty "I've seen this 20 times before" Grand Teton National Park approach mindset was pleasantly stimulated. We started at 9:00AM, with three friends as a party of five, but got slimmed back down to the Brandon & Bobbi show around 9,700 feet (heal up, Carl and Bailey!). While skiing with the crew would have been a blast, Chute The Moon is a true couloir with confined acreage for fresh turns and a real avalanche slope, so reduced group size wasn't the worst thing for safety's sake. Hand pits and pole probing revealed about 30 inches of well bonded snow with minimal slab formation. Skinning beneath the east face of Peak 10,696 was the crux of the day, but the wind-hammered slope showed no signs of instability. Following Bobbi's pace with a little bit of trail breaking from your's truly, we reached the ~10,200 foot saddle-summit of Chute The Moon at 12:30PM. [image] Bobbi cresting Mavericks en-route to the moon. Peak 10,696 is the highpoint straight ahead. Chuting The Moon Chute The Moon looked almost too good to be true, a dreamy canvas of white fluff deliciousness with no signs of the dreaded wind slab I'd been fearing for the past few days. The two fine gentlemen who broke trail from Mavs to the summit dropped first, making splendid work of the deep, deep pow. As we ate homemade bagel sandwiches and stared into the abyss, I could see excitement percolating through every pore of Bobbi's face. She was in the zone. I dropped first to set up for pictures, nearly front-flipping over the handlebars after an ambitious initial launch. Don't misconstrue this as a complaint, but this powder wasn't exactly quintessential Teton "cold smoke" - we'll go with lightly sweetened, wind whipped cream cheese - Oregon on a cold day - grounds to recalibrate from Teton charge mode to backseat surf mode. Watching Bobbi drop in was the highlight of the day. The difference in her skiing, from learning to link turns in Teton Pass last December to dropping into a 35 degree couloir at 10,200 feet in Grand Teton National Park with little trepidation made me too proud. She was really gettin' it! Her turns flowed soundly for the whole 650 feet, stopping only once for a little lactic acid relief. No dumps or topples, just smiles and good style - I love my days in the steep and spicy, but this right here is what skiing is all about. [image] Bobbi chutes the moon! [image] Big turns in big places [image] Shameless celebration selfies! Rain, Rocks & Potatoes The last lesson for sweet Bobbi to learn on this fine April day is one of the cruelest realities of ski mountaineering, that amazing skiing (if there even is any) is usually only about 10% of the pie. Enter stage left - the Avalanche Canyon out-track in heavy, sticky, rain smattered snow. At least we scored 1,500 feet of mostly great powder in the north fork, because the canyon bottom was on its' worst behavior. Isothermal boulder fields, a few edge-tuning rocks, abundant sidestepping, even more abundant ski base globbing, a three-quarters-melted Taggart Lake, two grouchy tourists and some tediously slow flat-land skating... if you've been there, you know. Once again, hats off to Wonder Woman for keeping a cool head. Six-some hours later we were popping LaCroix's on the trusty Hyundai hatchback, eating homemade almond butter cookies and celebrating a first couloir well shredded. Adventuring with this lady and watching her conquer her goals makes me very happy. More snow next week? Alright... alright - I guess I'll lean into this "Feburary in April" sorta deal. [video] A short top-to-bottom video of your's truly in Chute The Moon [image] My peanut butter queen ♥️ Please return the avalanche danger below:

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Based on the text given below determine the terrain type of the Chute the Moon 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: Bobbi Chutes The Moon! - Chute The Moon Couloir, 25 Short/Peak 10,696 - Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (04.16.22) [image] This weekend I had the pleasure of joining Bobbi Clemmer on her first ever... ever... couloir ski descent - and I'm happy to report she knocked the ball out of the park! Chute The Moon was the name of the game, one of the few and finest "entry-level" couloirs in the Tetons. Load the beast with knee deep powder and you have a recipe for an exceptional day. [image] All smiles after two feet of fresh snow in Bobbi's first Grand Teton National Park couloir - Chute The Moon! Even more enjoyable when bundled in my expedition puffy - we call it "black mallow" Though definitely a topic for it's own article, it's been an absolute joy watching Bobbi Clemmer bloom as a backcountry skier this season. Besides a half dozen "one-off" days, 2022 has been her first winter on skis. Money doesn't grow on trees (cough cough, Targhee), so she's been learning almost exclusively in the backcountry. Given the low snow of January and February, most of our skiing has taken place in March and April. Two weeks ago we skied Mount Glory for her second and third times, and last weekend was a glorious powder run on 25 Short. To say I've been impressed is an understatement. Though admittedly biased, I can't really imagine the feeling of clicking into a pair of skis at 10,000 feet in Grand Teton National Park having only skied twenty times. Like what?! In my opinion that's the definition of badass, especially considering she managed the 3,500 foot descent in good style - only two falls, minimum stops and even a few hop turns on some chicken-scratch pow up high, four-some hours car to car - booyah. After a week of heavy snow, 41 inches to be exact, I was back to the drawing board, psyched to get out again with my budding winter adventure buddy. Instead of drowning in low angle pow, we aimed to ratchet up the slope angle and get Bobbi into her first couloir. Chute The Moon, diving north into Avalanche Canyon from the 25 Short/Peak 10,696 saddle, was the logical "first couloir" choice. The line is prized for ease of access, a forgiving slope and broad walls, while still providing a very real and incredibly scenic alpine ski mountaineering experience. I had only skied Chute The Moon once before in atrocious conditions (en route to Buck Mountain's East Face), so it wasn't just Bobbi who was excited for a new descent. Approach We approached Chute The Moon via Mavericks, the large lightly gladed buttress south of 25 Short, below Peak 10,696. I had never skinned up "Mavs" before, so my crusty "I've seen this 20 times before" Grand Teton National Park approach mindset was pleasantly stimulated. We started at 9:00AM, with three friends as a party of five, but got slimmed back down to the Brandon & Bobbi show around 9,700 feet (heal up, Carl and Bailey!). While skiing with the crew would have been a blast, Chute The Moon is a true couloir with confined acreage for fresh turns and a real avalanche slope, so reduced group size wasn't the worst thing for safety's sake. Hand pits and pole probing revealed about 30 inches of well bonded snow with minimal slab formation. Skinning beneath the east face of Peak 10,696 was the crux of the day, but the wind-hammered slope showed no signs of instability. Following Bobbi's pace with a little bit of trail breaking from your's truly, we reached the ~10,200 foot saddle-summit of Chute The Moon at 12:30PM. [image] Bobbi cresting Mavericks en-route to the moon. Peak 10,696 is the highpoint straight ahead. Chuting The Moon Chute The Moon looked almost too good to be true, a dreamy canvas of white fluff deliciousness with no signs of the dreaded wind slab I'd been fearing for the past few days. The two fine gentlemen who broke trail from Mavs to the summit dropped first, making splendid work of the deep, deep pow. As we ate homemade bagel sandwiches and stared into the abyss, I could see excitement percolating through every pore of Bobbi's face. She was in the zone. I dropped first to set up for pictures, nearly front-flipping over the handlebars after an ambitious initial launch. Don't misconstrue this as a complaint, but this powder wasn't exactly quintessential Teton "cold smoke" - we'll go with lightly sweetened, wind whipped cream cheese - Oregon on a cold day - grounds to recalibrate from Teton charge mode to backseat surf mode. Watching Bobbi drop in was the highlight of the day. The difference in her skiing, from learning to link turns in Teton Pass last December to dropping into a 35 degree couloir at 10,200 feet in Grand Teton National Park with little trepidation made me too proud. She was really gettin' it! Her turns flowed soundly for the whole 650 feet, stopping only once for a little lactic acid relief. No dumps or topples, just smiles and good style - I love my days in the steep and spicy, but this right here is what skiing is all about. [image] Bobbi chutes the moon! [image] Big turns in big places [image] Shameless celebration selfies! Rain, Rocks & Potatoes The last lesson for sweet Bobbi to learn on this fine April day is one of the cruelest realities of ski mountaineering, that amazing skiing (if there even is any) is usually only about 10% of the pie. Enter stage left - the Avalanche Canyon out-track in heavy, sticky, rain smattered snow. At least we scored 1,500 feet of mostly great powder in the north fork, because the canyon bottom was on its' worst behavior. Isothermal boulder fields, a few edge-tuning rocks, abundant sidestepping, even more abundant ski base globbing, a three-quarters-melted Taggart Lake, two grouchy tourists and some tediously slow flat-land skating... if you've been there, you know. Once again, hats off to Wonder Woman for keeping a cool head. Six-some hours later we were popping LaCroix's on the trusty Hyundai hatchback, eating homemade almond butter cookies and celebrating a first couloir well shredded. Adventuring with this lady and watching her conquer her goals makes me very happy. More snow next week? Alright... alright - I guess I'll lean into this "Feburary in April" sorta deal. [video] A short top-to-bottom video of your's truly in Chute The Moon [image] My peanut butter queen ♥️ Please return the terrain type below:

couloir

Based on the text given below determine the trailhead of the Chute the Moon 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: Bobbi Chutes The Moon! - Chute The Moon Couloir, 25 Short/Peak 10,696 - Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (04.16.22) [image] This weekend I had the pleasure of joining Bobbi Clemmer on her first ever... ever... couloir ski descent - and I'm happy to report she knocked the ball out of the park! Chute The Moon was the name of the game, one of the few and finest "entry-level" couloirs in the Tetons. Load the beast with knee deep powder and you have a recipe for an exceptional day. [image] All smiles after two feet of fresh snow in Bobbi's first Grand Teton National Park couloir - Chute The Moon! Even more enjoyable when bundled in my expedition puffy - we call it "black mallow" Though definitely a topic for it's own article, it's been an absolute joy watching Bobbi Clemmer bloom as a backcountry skier this season. Besides a half dozen "one-off" days, 2022 has been her first winter on skis. Money doesn't grow on trees (cough cough, Targhee), so she's been learning almost exclusively in the backcountry. Given the low snow of January and February, most of our skiing has taken place in March and April. Two weeks ago we skied Mount Glory for her second and third times, and last weekend was a glorious powder run on 25 Short. To say I've been impressed is an understatement. Though admittedly biased, I can't really imagine the feeling of clicking into a pair of skis at 10,000 feet in Grand Teton National Park having only skied twenty times. Like what?! In my opinion that's the definition of badass, especially considering she managed the 3,500 foot descent in good style - only two falls, minimum stops and even a few hop turns on some chicken-scratch pow up high, four-some hours car to car - booyah. After a week of heavy snow, 41 inches to be exact, I was back to the drawing board, psyched to get out again with my budding winter adventure buddy. Instead of drowning in low angle pow, we aimed to ratchet up the slope angle and get Bobbi into her first couloir. Chute The Moon, diving north into Avalanche Canyon from the 25 Short/Peak 10,696 saddle, was the logical "first couloir" choice. The line is prized for ease of access, a forgiving slope and broad walls, while still providing a very real and incredibly scenic alpine ski mountaineering experience. I had only skied Chute The Moon once before in atrocious conditions (en route to Buck Mountain's East Face), so it wasn't just Bobbi who was excited for a new descent. Approach We approached Chute The Moon via Mavericks, the large lightly gladed buttress south of 25 Short, below Peak 10,696. I had never skinned up "Mavs" before, so my crusty "I've seen this 20 times before" Grand Teton National Park approach mindset was pleasantly stimulated. We started at 9:00AM, with three friends as a party of five, but got slimmed back down to the Brandon & Bobbi show around 9,700 feet (heal up, Carl and Bailey!). While skiing with the crew would have been a blast, Chute The Moon is a true couloir with confined acreage for fresh turns and a real avalanche slope, so reduced group size wasn't the worst thing for safety's sake. Hand pits and pole probing revealed about 30 inches of well bonded snow with minimal slab formation. Skinning beneath the east face of Peak 10,696 was the crux of the day, but the wind-hammered slope showed no signs of instability. Following Bobbi's pace with a little bit of trail breaking from your's truly, we reached the ~10,200 foot saddle-summit of Chute The Moon at 12:30PM. [image] Bobbi cresting Mavericks en-route to the moon. Peak 10,696 is the highpoint straight ahead. Chuting The Moon Chute The Moon looked almost too good to be true, a dreamy canvas of white fluff deliciousness with no signs of the dreaded wind slab I'd been fearing for the past few days. The two fine gentlemen who broke trail from Mavs to the summit dropped first, making splendid work of the deep, deep pow. As we ate homemade bagel sandwiches and stared into the abyss, I could see excitement percolating through every pore of Bobbi's face. She was in the zone. I dropped first to set up for pictures, nearly front-flipping over the handlebars after an ambitious initial launch. Don't misconstrue this as a complaint, but this powder wasn't exactly quintessential Teton "cold smoke" - we'll go with lightly sweetened, wind whipped cream cheese - Oregon on a cold day - grounds to recalibrate from Teton charge mode to backseat surf mode. Watching Bobbi drop in was the highlight of the day. The difference in her skiing, from learning to link turns in Teton Pass last December to dropping into a 35 degree couloir at 10,200 feet in Grand Teton National Park with little trepidation made me too proud. She was really gettin' it! Her turns flowed soundly for the whole 650 feet, stopping only once for a little lactic acid relief. No dumps or topples, just smiles and good style - I love my days in the steep and spicy, but this right here is what skiing is all about. [image] Bobbi chutes the moon! [image] Big turns in big places [image] Shameless celebration selfies! Rain, Rocks & Potatoes The last lesson for sweet Bobbi to learn on this fine April day is one of the cruelest realities of ski mountaineering, that amazing skiing (if there even is any) is usually only about 10% of the pie. Enter stage left - the Avalanche Canyon out-track in heavy, sticky, rain smattered snow. At least we scored 1,500 feet of mostly great powder in the north fork, because the canyon bottom was on its' worst behavior. Isothermal boulder fields, a few edge-tuning rocks, abundant sidestepping, even more abundant ski base globbing, a three-quarters-melted Taggart Lake, two grouchy tourists and some tediously slow flat-land skating... if you've been there, you know. Once again, hats off to Wonder Woman for keeping a cool head. Six-some hours later we were popping LaCroix's on the trusty Hyundai hatchback, eating homemade almond butter cookies and celebrating a first couloir well shredded. Adventuring with this lady and watching her conquer her goals makes me very happy. More snow next week? Alright... alright - I guess I'll lean into this "Feburary in April" sorta deal. [video] A short top-to-bottom video of your's truly in Chute The Moon [image] My peanut butter queen ♥️ Please return the trailhead below:

unsure