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North Vancouver, BC
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Posted - 04/11/2009 : 11:25 PM
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Skied S Chute of sub peak Crown Mtn
Ascended 7000 feet
April 4/09
I have been staring at this chute for years from work as I drive in circles around and around. I figured I got to check this out and ski it, as I doubt anyone has. I started with a hike up the BCMC and skinned to the Hanes pass. Surprisingly great powder skiing on the NW slope dropping into Hanes valley on a steep tree run to the valley bottom. From here a very steep skin track up through the trees with warming temperatures. Dropping into two gullies. Finally gaining the w ridge of Crown mtn.From here I went up and down the ridge steep skinning down climbing and boot packing and gained the sub peak of Crown mtn. I had a little lunch of pork tenderloin and potato's and waited for the clouds to clear. It was tough to find the entrance because it started with trees and wasn't obvious.Luckily I could refer to my photo from work I took in the city and this gave me a better vantage point. I dropped in and temps were rising and sloughing snow from trees and rocks. Cloud covered and I dropped in steep and tight skis practically touching the wall every time I turned, I skied through the gully that was narrow at the top and tried to avoid the exposure, finally it opened up. I then traversed and contoured around into Crown creek. Then the brutal skin up to below little goat peak.
Photos and story by Andy Traslin
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Powell River, bc
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Posted - 04/11/2009 : 11:33 PM
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Nice!! I thought you guys lived off pringles and jujubes lol... |
Edited by - no quitting on 04/11/2009 11:34 PM |
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Hope, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/11/2009 : 11:35 PM
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| Nice report and pics, that dinner looks good, I like them pics along the route too. |
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 04/12/2009 : 09:06 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by ATraslin
I figured I got to check this out and ski it, as I doubt anyone has.
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A VOC party did ~10 yrs ago as I recall. Not sure if they were the first. |
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Maple syrup lovin', tree huggin', face paintin' relocated Québécoise who is VERY serious about having fun
Vancouver
Canada
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Posted - 04/12/2009 : 2:07 PM
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All you need with this dish are some pickled beets.
Must be interesting to be skiing down such a narrow section. Probably not something I would like. Mind you I said this about powder snow when I moved here from Quebec so maybe some day I will think the same about this kind of stuff, too?  |
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Posted - 04/12/2009 : 2:37 PM
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Out of bounds!!!
Nice job Andy - I've been starin at that for years too. |
Edited by - JP on 04/12/2009 2:38 PM |
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Hope, BC
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Posted - 04/12/2009 : 9:51 PM
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Good thing you posted your dinner to share with others, it's in third place LOL |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 04/12/2009 : 10:39 PM
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Nice shots.
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/13/2009 : 10:20 PM
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Dru
In response to the VOC trip that they skied the same chute.
I would like to here about the trip.Here's the photo
with the descent marked.I would've like to see what the
conditions we're like.
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Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 04/14/2009 : 12:21 PM
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| I don't know too much about it. I recall it was not published cause of watershed legality. Mark G. (biffybee) might know more. |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 04/14/2009 : 12:59 PM
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Originally posted by Dru
I don't know too much about it. I recall it was not published cause of watershed legality. Mark G. (biffybee) might know more.
You certainly don't want to mess with watershed security.
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Posted - 04/14/2009 : 1:21 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by ATraslin
Dru
In response to the VOC trip that they skied the same chute.
I would like to here about the trip.Here's the photo
with the descent marked.I would've like to see what the
conditions we're like.
Andy, how did the other fork of the gully look? (the one dropping from near the summit.) Cliff bands maybe? |
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Extreme ski tourin, mountain bikin addict who hikes at least once a year
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Posted - 04/14/2009 : 2:10 PM
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| executed beautifully andy. S chutes in April with decent snow looked just fine. |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/16/2009 : 6:06 PM
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It would have been much better if I had skied
it earlier in the day.As far as the other fork
I was a little wigged out so I wanted to get out
of there quickly, so I missed the opportunity to
look up the other fork.It was also difficult to find
the entrance from the top, it did seem a bit rocky. |
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Vancouver
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Posted - 04/16/2009 : 6:49 PM
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Haven't skied it but have scrambled up it and glissaded back down twice about 6 years ago. Nice place; very peaceful, other than the avi setup/bottomless moats/waterfall at the bottom. I've looked pretty hard at the variation that drops in from the east (closer to the summit of Pyramid) but it always looks a bit bluffy for my taste at the bottom.
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Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/16/2009 : 11:12 PM
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| Wow: that's one mighty tight line up top! |
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Shipyard's Pinner Chute
