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Hello, this is my first 14ers.com TR. Over the years I have explored the many facets of Quandary as a skier and a climber. A few days ago I skied my "last great Quandary project." I skied a line that I have climbed as a mixed route in the fall and thanks to the obese winter, I was able to ski the line with two rappels and saw no sings of a previous descent, except for a slung death-block lower down in the couloir. The couloir goes at WI2 M2+ 50+deg snow, and has a high objective hazard due to loose rock and rock fall. The Canary Couloir. North Side Descents The Canary Couloir Looking down at the secound rappel of the Canary Couloir.
The second route(s) I did a few weeks prior. I ascended a WI2/snow ramp to the upper section of the Inwood Arete and down climbed into the tight couloir on the same east facing aspect. The ski descent was about 45deg at its steepest and a very fun adventure. Tommy Knocker. Lines off the Inwood Arete. Tommy Knocker
The third line I climbed and skied in the big winter of 2011 is in the same cirque and just to the east of the other two routes. IMO, this line is the king line and is worth a repeat. This line went at WI3 M1 50+deg with one rappel and one down climb. Noxious Fumes. Noxious Fumes. It looks good this year;)
All routes done solo. Thanks for checking out my TR. If you have any stories or history on this cirque, I would love to hear about it!
Cheers,
Taylor
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Ha ha, thanks Dave B! MP.com can get pretty agro and even I'm guilty of feeding into that type of energy. The people at 14ers.com seem like some hypoxic-happy people stoked on the mountains
I left a lot of gear up there; including homemade Bandito-style pitons in Noxious Fumes and a lot of Hb off sets, alien cams, and pitons in the Canary. ”A lot,” because the rock is not that solid in that neck of the woods.
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. Over the years I have explored the many facets of Quandary as a skier and a climber. A few days ago I skied my "last great Quandary project." I skied a line that I have climbed as a mixed route in the fall and thanks to the obese winter, I was able to ski the line with two rappels and saw no sings of a previous descent, except for a slung death-block lower down in the couloir. The couloir goes at WI2 M2+ 50+deg snow, and has a high objective hazard due to loose rock and rock fall. The Canary Couloir.
