Solo Ski, N.F. true east face of Notchtop, RMNP

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Solo Ski, N.F. true east face of Notchtop, RMNP

Solo Ski, N.F. true east face of Notchtop, RMNP

This is a sick ski line, ~55dg or so for the top portion of skiing, wich is larger than it looks in this picture, The snow Was a little rotten at the bottom of that top feild,, making tooling around to find an anchor a little sketchy. The rap turned out to be a 60m nearly vertical,wich i did in one rap with a 60m and a 60m 3mil pull cord,( a massive chunk of cornice fell as i was rapping, fourtunatly the debris took a differant path than me), then some skiing on rotten snow down to the second rap, Eli had said this could probally be hucked, but i wasent feeling it. I found some old anchors in rock rapped 10m, which turned out to be overhanging, ended up in a moat, then skiied all the way down on sweet corn. Another Picture of route
Dan Helmstadter
on Jun 3, 2007 2:37 pm
Lat/Lon: 40.35701°N / 105.70496°W
Image ID: 298407

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pwdrjnky - Nov 4, 2010 9:04 pm - Hasn't voted

E face Ntop

I have skied this line three times and only needed to rappel once. I looks like you were there pretty late in the year from the photo and the cornice incident. I have never been on it later then the first week of may because of the distinct E aspect. Earlier in the year that rock band will get down to 10-15' and can totally be hopped, the time I rapped was just due to bullet hard surface conditions. The rock band is not really that vertical so you do need to hit it with a little speed to clear the sharks but, you have that huge apron to shut it down. Ah, Colorado mini golf- we go so far, for so little.

Dan Helmstadter - Dec 23, 2010 9:39 pm - Hasn't voted

e face ntop

right on, thats a great line! i'll shoot you a pm when i'm back in the area, it would be great to meet up and ski something - are you in rmnp in the spring generally? btw when did you first ski the east face?

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