Teepee Glacier
This past weekend I headed up into Garnett Canyon again for some more skiing. Our 5 am departure allowed us to skin to Garnett Canyon meadows for sunrise. From there it got a little steeper and quite slick and firm. As we turned up the headwall by Spaulding Falls, which was totally buried, we opted to start bootpacking to avoid sliding all the way back down which could easily have happened. Kicking steps in was quite solid. This first picture was taken on the way up this headwall with the Middle Teton in the background.
On the way up, we were able to look back at Nez Perce across the canyon and get a good view of last months objective, the Hourglass Couloir, angling up the rocky face.
Here we are approaching the col where we crested over into Glacier Gulch.
At this point we have skied the Teepee Glacier into Glacier Gulch. The Teepee Pillar is the spire directly at the top of couloir. The glacier appears to be buried. That is the Grand Teton dominating the right side of the picture.
I had never been in Glacier Gulch before, but hope to return soon. It was quite breathtaking with lots of skiing possibilities. The last shot is looking back up as we descended back towards the valley. The shot we skied can been seen in the notch just left of the Grand. Mount Owen is on the right.
On the way up, we were able to look back at Nez Perce across the canyon and get a good view of last months objective, the Hourglass Couloir, angling up the rocky face.
Here we are approaching the col where we crested over into Glacier Gulch.
At this point we have skied the Teepee Glacier into Glacier Gulch. The Teepee Pillar is the spire directly at the top of couloir. The glacier appears to be buried. That is the Grand Teton dominating the right side of the picture.
I had never been in Glacier Gulch before, but hope to return soon. It was quite breathtaking with lots of skiing possibilities. The last shot is looking back up as we descended back towards the valley. The shot we skied can been seen in the notch just left of the Grand. Mount Owen is on the right.
posted by Jon at 11:27 PM
5 Comments:
go natty, go go go.
a possible Oakes Gulf trip this weekend is being put on hold due to chilly summit temps in the whites which will keep the upper reaches pretty damn firm. sucks, cause it'll be blue bird. If last weeks 2 accidents in Tucks (both involving uncontrolable slides/falls for 1000+ feet) are any indication, it's still a wee bit early over there. injuries of note included open tib/fib, mid shaft femur, massive head trauma, and smashed thorasic regions. awesome, wanna get in on that for sure.
The third pic down is freakin awesome natty. It deserves a few days as the background on my computer. It looks spectacular up there in the those canyons. What elevation are you at talking about in these canyons?
Quinn, sorry i've been mia lately, i'll give a call soon. Hopefully we'll make a trip in the coming weeks. Went up to Snow Valley this past weekend with coop on the back...snow was still frozen despite the fact that it was 48F in the valley.
headed north to the chic chocs in 2 weeks. we'll keep an eye on the weather this weekend, otherwise it'll be April weekends in the Whites. Construction season may well be slow to start...ie, I'll have plenty of time to harvest corn in the presi's.
I would say we were around 11000 feet at our highest point, with the Grand towering above us to 13700. Unfortunately, a return trip yesterday was thwarted by warm temps. As we prepared to leave at 330 am the valley temp was 43 with the freezing line hovering around 9500 feet. It had been in the 50s the day before so we opted to go back to sleep rather than slog though the slush.
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