Saturday, March 31, 2018

3-31-2018 McGinnis NE Face to Stroller (Attempt)

Got up rather early and skied the NE face of McGinnis, then headed to Stroller White and started up before turning around when mother nature told us to.  Maybe next time.







Tuesday, January 30, 2018

1-30-2018 Mt Stroller White

O'dark thirty start, up the McGinnis summer trail to about 2100ft, then traverse east across the big drainage to Stroller White.  Up the mountain to the summit pyramid.  Tried to summit via the couloir east of the pyramid, but recent snow and Taku winds had deposited a wind slab on it that we were not enthused about.  Skied out the way we came, then ran a nice lap between Stroller and McGinnis.  Until next time.....

A mix of booting and skinning with 6" of new snow over ice.

McGinnis behind Sam

The couloir above Sam, we stopped just above this, about 500-600ft shy of summit.




Wednesday, January 24, 2018

1-23-18 Mt Jumbo - Jumbo Couloir

4" new in the muskeg allowed for skinning to the base near 1800ft where booting on old/new snow commenced.  Icy couloir with some nice sluff/fluff in it that covered the icy conditions below but still allowed for safe skiing with mostly stable snow.  Upper 100' of couloir avoided due to loading.


Looking up couloir