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Apr 30, 2007, 12:44 PM
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| King Ravine 4-28-07 Thanks lftgly for the excellent report which reminded me for getting back in the area  So... After seeing this pic of Madison from 4/21 I wanted to make it up there and ski from the summit and possibly head over to Great Gully in King Ravine. Well, after a late start, miserable ascent up the Airline (blowdown galore), soaking wet from the rain and trees, no visibility of Madison, running out of time and happiness... I decided to can Madison and just do Great Gully. After seeing pics of Madison from Thursday I'm not as bummed for missing out on it since it lost lots of it's snowpack. pics: Bare at Apalachia  Snow  Tight quarters up higher (maybe 3' high)  End of skinning  View South to King Ravine and Great Gully  Couldn't resist hiking up and skiing this small snowfield left of the Gulfside trail on the way to Great Gully  After walking around a bit I found the entrance to the gully in the fog  The snow up on the gully was amazing and as soon as I hit treeline the brakes were on. Got lost a couple times trying to find the trail out, with some boulder hopping and sinking in waist deep in the white stuff. The skiing out on the K Ravine Trail and Short line was nothing short of amazing!! Amazing how much it sucked!!  But, thanks for lftgly and friend for clearing some of that blowdown last week and getting me in the mood to get back up there.  I might put some videos up later.
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Apr 30, 2007, 12:44 PM
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| more pics Looking down gully   After some sweet turns in "untracked" snow I decided to head back up to the way top. Most of the gully measures >35  The top section dropoff gets a little steeper  Above the dropoff, at top of gully  After traversing left a little bit to avoid the icefall another gully opens up, funnels and then opens up again  Avy debri  
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Apr 30, 2007, 1:35 PM
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Think its called a "clinometer" measures pitch degree...or slope angle.. M
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Apr 30, 2007, 2:02 PM
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I measures slope angles so you can see if you in the "red zone"... Most avis occur on 30 to 45 degree slopes...
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Apr 30, 2007, 3:04 PM
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Ya like the watch? btw, I probably ski the worse out of everyone that posted in this thread - but hey, I take it easy and wear a helmet
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Apr 30, 2007, 3:17 PM
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It's OK to be alone in the moutnains.... It's a choice..
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Apr 30, 2007, 3:44 PM
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