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Climbed it this morning. Got into the route a little late around 7:30 or so. Climbed on relatively good snow all the way to the top. A few sketchy (slushy) moves at base of Princess Leia but managed the Direct finish anyway....would be better if I was earlier. There are a lot of deep runnels in the middle of the couloir that I wouldn't want to negotiate on skis.
sorry, no pics....went solo on a whim, nearly forgot my gloves let alone my camera. I would say those runnels are 3-4 feet at the deepest, deep enough that in order to traverse across two runnels, I had to fully straddle the hump between them. The snow in the runnels is pretty firm, and the snow on the humps (where i did most of my climbing) was generally good for steps.
The deepest are in the constriction where the couloir starts turning right.