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[ Post a Comment ]| bobpickering | North Peak Couloir | | 
Hasn't voted | Soloing the North Peak Couloir on 10-15-08. | | Posted Jun 11, 2009 1:20 pm |
 | | Deb | Re: North Peak Couloir | | 
Voted 10/10 | Is that the far left couloir? Looks like the one Chief and I did in '07. Beautiful! | | Posted Jun 16, 2009 12:42 pm |
| | bobpickering | Re: North Peak Couloir | |
Hasn't voted | This is the main couloir. It's is longer and steeper than the one on the far left, and it has a bergschrund. | | Posted Jun 30, 2009 1:18 am |
| | The Chief | Re: North Peak Couloir | | 
Hasn't voted | I don't know about being steeper.
Done em both several times and they seem to be the same in that category with 55-60 degs being the max in both in some sections.
Nice pic... | | Posted Jul 10, 2009 11:30 pm |
| | bobpickering | Re: North Peak Couloir | |
Hasn't voted | I used to carry a slope gauge everywhere I went. I would take multiple measurements every time I climbed a couloir. It's amazing how much people overestimate the steepness of climbs. The couloir on the far left is only 40-42 degrees. The main one with the bergschrund is 45-46 degrees. | | Posted Jul 11, 2009 12:37 am |
| | The Chief | Re: North Peak Couloir | |
Hasn't voted | I too carry one and have noticed that it all depends on the snow year. Because the left, or #1 is lesser angle, it of course will accumulate more snow in heavy year and this cause bumps and humps, especially 40-50'below the big chockstone 3/4 of the way up. Three years ago, after the heavy '05-'06 season, a bulge had formed during the early summer melt as there were several thaws and freezes. It created a nice 25-30' vertical section of 58-60 degs.
Something to consider in these couloirs. Mt. Feather has the same phenomena. | | Posted Jul 11, 2009 12:57 pm |
| Sierra Ledge Rat | What a pussy | | 
Voted 10/10 | What a pussy, soloing with an ice axe....(: | | Posted Sep 23, 2009 3:07 am |
| SKI | Holy | | 
Hasn't voted | Shit. | | Posted Aug 5, 2010 10:45 pm |
| mrchad9 | Superb! | | 
Voted 10/10 | This is a spectacular photo Bob. Well beyond my comfort zone! Nice to be able to get an image like this. Did a friend take it? (You in the photo?) Very nicely done. | | Posted Aug 19, 2011 5:32 pm |
| | bobpickering | Re: Superb! | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you. Yes, my buddy, Ed, took that photo of me. He and his wife had run a marathon a few days earlier, and they just weren't up for the climb. The photo makes it look much steeper than it is. It's a fairly constant 45-46 degrees from the bergschrund to the top. It's pretty mellow when it's snow. When it's ice, you need good technique, and you must focus and not make any mistakes. However, it isn't nearly as hard as it looks. I've done it 19 times, almost all solo. | | Posted Aug 19, 2011 6:15 pm |
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