Solid trip report and awesome pictures! I cannot believe you snowboard down things like this! I'll stick to using my legs to get me up and down... Congrats!
Dan
littlefrantz - Mar 28, 2007 7:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Right on!
Thanks, Dan! Hope to hear about your adventures soon.
That was a great report, I like your writing style: informational and comical put together smoothly. I'm gonna agree with Dan and stick with my legs but it definitely sounds like you all had a blast. Congrats!
Karl
littlefrantz - Mar 28, 2007 7:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Well done!
Descending is much easier on a snowboard! Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for putting up a report of your trip! It was very Kerouac-esk and we can all be sure that if snowboards were around in the 60's Jack, Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg would have had them in their packs. However, I think they went late summer, and Gary tried to get Jack up the 5.6 N arete ropeless (I think that was their route), so the dog wouldn't have put him to shame too bad. I hope to get some turns in with you and your possee sometime!!
I'd think that they didn't climb anything Class five-ish. After summiting, Japhy was depicted as jumping and leaping down the mountain, something you wouldn't do off a nearly vertical rock face. The Secor guidebook lists the Southeast Slope as Class 2, and easy from Horse Creek Pass. Also the Class 3 East Couloir is described as "obvious."
That was a great read. I've never gone to the top of Matterhorn but I love Slide Hill Canyon (north east of Matterhorn) - its a beautiful area around there
littlefrantz - Apr 3, 2007 10:34 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Great TR
Thanks. It's not the valley the trail goes up through, I assume? I'm hoping to go back and spend several days exploring some of the other peaks in the area. If you have any suggestions, please PM me! :)
Dan Dalton - Mar 28, 2007 2:24 pm - Voted 10/10
Right on!Solid trip report and awesome pictures! I cannot believe you snowboard down things like this! I'll stick to using my legs to get me up and down... Congrats!
Dan
littlefrantz - Mar 28, 2007 7:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Right on!Thanks, Dan! Hope to hear about your adventures soon.
KRomanIV - Mar 28, 2007 2:46 pm - Voted 10/10
Well done!That was a great report, I like your writing style: informational and comical put together smoothly. I'm gonna agree with Dan and stick with my legs but it definitely sounds like you all had a blast. Congrats!
Karl
littlefrantz - Mar 28, 2007 7:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Well done!Descending is much easier on a snowboard! Thanks for your comment.
Saintgrizzly - Mar 28, 2007 4:40 pm - Voted 10/10
I......enjoyed this one; "well done," indeed!
littlefrantz - Mar 28, 2007 7:34 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I...Thanks!
AviP - Mar 28, 2007 7:10 pm - Hasn't voted
The mystery man!Nice report but who's Jack? Oops, you just told everyone you bum boy's name. ;-)
littlefrantz - Mar 28, 2007 7:34 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: The mystery man!Almost! I'm referring to Jack Kerouac in the "Dharma Bums," who failed to reach the top of the Matterhorn in his spiritual test. :)
mow10 - Mar 31, 2007 11:03 pm - Voted 10/10
jack would be proudThanks for putting up a report of your trip! It was very Kerouac-esk and we can all be sure that if snowboards were around in the 60's Jack, Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg would have had them in their packs. However, I think they went late summer, and Gary tried to get Jack up the 5.6 N arete ropeless (I think that was their route), so the dog wouldn't have put him to shame too bad. I hope to get some turns in with you and your possee sometime!!
MTN Trader - Apr 1, 2007 3:50 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: jack would be proudI'd think that they didn't climb anything Class five-ish. After summiting, Japhy was depicted as jumping and leaping down the mountain, something you wouldn't do off a nearly vertical rock face. The Secor guidebook lists the Southeast Slope as Class 2, and easy from Horse Creek Pass. Also the Class 3 East Couloir is described as "obvious."
littlefrantz - Apr 2, 2007 6:58 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: jack would be proudYou as well!
jvarholak - Apr 1, 2007 5:23 pm - Hasn't voted
fun readGreat TR Littlefrantz.....I suspect you had that awesome smile of yours working overtime...
PS: Jack hears everthing...he's jealous of Hippy's K9
littlefrantz - Apr 2, 2007 8:04 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: fun readI am too. This dog had been out on adventures since it was a pup. It was in better shape than any of us!
littlefrantz - Apr 2, 2007 8:02 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Awesome JOB!!!Thanks!
bigbendbetty - Apr 2, 2007 10:29 pm - Voted 10/10
Great TRThat was a great read. I've never gone to the top of Matterhorn but I love Slide Hill Canyon (north east of Matterhorn) - its a beautiful area around there
littlefrantz - Apr 3, 2007 10:34 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Great TRThanks. It's not the valley the trail goes up through, I assume? I'm hoping to go back and spend several days exploring some of the other peaks in the area. If you have any suggestions, please PM me! :)
clarkr - Apr 23, 2007 11:36 pm - Hasn't voted
Awesome RideGreat shot from the top of Ski Dreams. I was up there a week behind
ya. Didn't quite reach my goal. May be next year.
Great Job!!