Alpine Touring Thread

[Capt_Planit]

My son and I had Belleayre to ourselves today for our annual post-closing tour. Still plenty of snow for some warm-weather fun.
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Ermine Brook, ADK Feb. 4

Not really alpine, more approach...

 

[Capt_Planit]

Looks good to me!

a shot from this past weekend it was nice out there...
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These are the answers to the questions posed up the thread, namely, ADK steeps with relatively direct approaches. Original post @ADKmike is (I think) Kilburn Slide from Feb. and lower is Willmington #1 or Cooper Kiln/Kill Slide from Mar. I did not ski the upper part of either. I'm sure they are spicy enough for any taste.

 

[tirolski]

Reasonable people don’t ski above tunnels

They couldn’t get enough jurors to show up so judge declares mistrial and postponed it till June, allegedly.

Trial Rescheduled in Colorado Criminal Court Case for 2020 Avalanche Near the I70 Eisenhower Tunnel - SnowBrains

Video of the avalanche that buried a service road and damaged CDOT avalanche mitigation equipment at the I70 Eisenhower Tunnel, CO. This video is being used as evidence in a criminal court case against Tyler DeWitt and Evan Hannibal, who triggered the slide while backcountry skiing a slope above...

snowbrains.com

 

[tirolski]

Boarders pled out to misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
20 hours community service each + $1250 court costs.

Snowboarders get 20 hours of community service in Summit County avalanche case

The men who started a March 2020 avalanche above Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment. “It would have been ridiculous to pass up 20 hours of community service and gamble with a financial loss for the rest of our lives. So it’s...

www.aspentimes.com

 

[Ripitz]

I propose removing the timeframe to this thread name. @NYSnowflake agree?

It's timeless stuff

 

[JTG]

 

[raisingarizona]

Not yet. I searched briefly before shit blew up on me (I’ve got pneumonia, wife’s mother died) and couldn’t find a way to purchase. Next I was going to call Salomon but I haven’t had time to think about that. If you find them before I do let me know!

F dude. Sorry to hear. All of that sucks. Get better man.

 

[Ripitz]

Not yet. I searched briefly before shit blew up on me (I’ve got pneumonia, wife’s mother died) and couldn’t find a way to purchase. Next I was going to call Salomon but I haven’t had time to think about that. If you find them before I do let me know!

Damn. I’ll look for them. Peace be with you and your family.

 

[Brownski]

Sorry to hear that JTG. Hope the pneumonia clears up quickly at least

 

[ADKmike]

Looks like Belleayre just posted on IG a uphill program that is during operational hours...I wonder if anything will come of this at whiteface or gore in terms of a during normal hours uphill route. Appears to be included with the regular season pass as well which is nice to see...

https://www.belleayre.com/todo/uphill-program/

Perhaps this deserves its own thread seems like kinda big news with respect to NYS run mtns. I like the forward progress this could potentially bring if sucessful. Would love to see similar at whiteface, I’ve done some dawn patrol days but getting up that early kind of sucks especially when you’re juggling being there with young kids family etc and the logistics of it all.