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Lower Queens Cirque

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with unnamed Lake 10,960 in the foreground, and the slopes of Anne Peak.

Coffin Peak Tour, 4/12/08

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d_shorb

Voted 10/10

how tall is that couloir?

Posted Apr 22, 2008 1:09 am


	MOCKBA	1500 ft
	Hasn't voted	depending on how much of the apron you wanna count. If skier's accounts of Anderson Cutoff, some 5 miles to the East and of similar elevation / exposure, are to be trusted, the good snow doesn't last here too long. The wind is scouring it way to quickly. A more protected (from the wind) gash of a gully crosses this slope just around the corner to the right. It looks like we haven't photographed it, but on the topo, it is here.
		Posted Apr 22, 2008 8:41 am

d_shorb

Thanks for the link.

Voted 10/10

Thanks. A few years back I hiked the uintas end to end, and couldn't get it out of my head to go back and ski: Couloirs, slopes, etc. This area seems bare though. Are the high Uintas always like that in winter? One piece for me is that the danger always seems higher there.

Posted Apr 22, 2008 10:06 am


	MOCKBA	Re: Thanks for the link.
	Hasn't voted	It doesn't get as much snow as the Wasatch, and the snpw doesn't stay soft as long because of frequent stronger winds at Uinta's higher elevations. Most slopes with consistent snowpack are tucked out of the winds facing North. I have a few favs, PM if interested :) The biggest attraction for me there isn't the uninterrupted lines admittedly, it's the absolute novelty and the faster pace / no thunderstorms days compared to summertime. Gotta say that the winter avys aren't common there ... the late-season glide cycle is another business alltogether!
		Posted Apr 22, 2008 1:21 pm