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Name this Couloir
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Name this Couloir
Does anyone have any information on this couloir? I spotted it from Boudoir on Horseshoe yesterday. It's steep, but continuous. I'd love to come back and climb it in the spring.
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EatinHardtack
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Re: Name this Couloir
I've seen that couloir a couple of times now but can't tell you the name of it. That whole thing looks like a No Fall climb. How were conditions in the Boudoir?
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I'm goin' back to conquer the freakin' Boudoir soon...wanna join, Zach? 
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I don't know what its called, but I'd be down for an early Spring ascent. Looks like fun.
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EatinHardtack
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Ah Ryan you know I'll kick steps for ya! Anytime Bud!
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EatinHardtack wrote:Ah Ryan you know I'll kick steps for ya! Anytime Bud!
Hey now...uncool!"The mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion."
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EatinHardtack
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Alright then maybe when we go we can get on a schedule? You kick steps one trip then me and so on. Sound good? You might owe me one for Horseshe though :D
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Sounds like a plan! That, and I need to get you to the Garden, or down to Shelf Road for some technical climbing! 
Enough thread hijacking...I also remember eyeing that unnamed couloir this past spring. While it did look sexy, the steepness would probably require screws and rope...and that's IF the ice in it is stable/thick enough to place pro in. If it was only powder/pack, Zach's right, one slip and you're toast. You'd go pinging off the walls of that couloir like a pinball.
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Paula Abdul might like the conditions in the Boudoir right now, but I did not.
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Hey Guys,COmedic04 wrote:
Enough thread hijacking...I also remember eyeing that unnamed couloir this past spring. While it did look sexy, the steepness would probably require screws and rope...and that's IF the ice in it is stable/thick enough to place pro in. If it was only powder/pack, Zach's right, one slip and you're toast. You'd go pinging off the walls of that couloir like a pinball.
Keep me in mind because I would like to do this one and should be ready. Also, I will bring zip-ties, staples, rope, nails and anything else necessary to keep that helmet on Ryan's head!!! :D
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Re: Name this Couloir
Has anyone been close to that couloir, near the base? I ask because it looks unusually steep for a snow couloir (but of course it's hard to tell from the vantage point of the photo). After 50-60+ degrees snow starts to slough off...I wonder if it has a base of ice? This is in the cirque formed by Horseshoe Mountain? Looks pretty interesting, any info would be appreciated, thanks.
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