Fletcher or North Star?

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Re: Fletcher or North Star?

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I went all the way to Fletcher's summit by the normal route- up to the mine area and then up the snow slopes to the end of the basin, then up the the SE Ridge.

For the ski, I skied SW from the summit down to the flat area and then turned left to descend the ascent route. Skiing was excellent and continous to the mine at 12,300'. Then, I only had to walk 200 yards to the snow in the drainage before skiing all the way down to the reservoir. Splendid. It certainly doesn't look like mid-June up there...

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Bill,
Did you happen to take any pics of Cristo Couloir when you were out today? Would like to give that a go this weekend.
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slaggbottom wrote:Bill,
Did you happen to take any pics of Cristo Couloir when you were out today? Would like to give that a go this weekend.
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Sorry, I did not.
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Re: Fletcher or North Star?

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I took this shot of Quandary today from across the valley. It looks like the snow doesn't reach the road in the couloir.
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