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Gulf of Slides 3-5-09
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cbcbd
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Nice work, dude. The GOS looks very filled... veeery filled. You guys are having a killer season up there.
GOS tops at about 35-40. It's not as steep as Tux. Takes a little less time to get to the base and you can skin the whole way in. Most runouts are snow or trees.
riverc0il
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No one here is "dictating" anything. Someone asked for advice, and I gave some advice. A simple "what do you mean by stay out of the skin track?" would have sufficed if you wanted further education.
In reference to the post by Angus...
To follow up on cbcbd, not only to the gullies top out at the mellow pitches of Tuckerman, but they feel significantly mellower both on the ski down and hike up. There is no party scene, but as posts like this attest, interest is growing with the crowd that doesn't like the numbers of people in the bowl. The GoS Ski Trail drys out much faster than the Sherbie or TRT, so skinning up and skiing down all the way (or even part of the way) is a much shorter window than Tux. The hike up from Pinkham is easier, IMO. Grass trail versus all rock and then you don't have to deal with an equivalent section of the HoJo's to the bowl part of the TRT. For someone that hasn't skied MW before, I think GoS would be a splendid introduction. It is a lot easier finding a place to dig in and click into your bindings half way up the GoS than most of the Tux gullies, which is a big help for a first timer than may be intimidated or tired on the way up.
In reference to the post by Angus...
To follow up on cbcbd, not only to the gullies top out at the mellow pitches of Tuckerman, but they feel significantly mellower both on the ski down and hike up. There is no party scene, but as posts like this attest, interest is growing with the crowd that doesn't like the numbers of people in the bowl. The GoS Ski Trail drys out much faster than the Sherbie or TRT, so skinning up and skiing down all the way (or even part of the way) is a much shorter window than Tux. The hike up from Pinkham is easier, IMO. Grass trail versus all rock and then you don't have to deal with an equivalent section of the HoJo's to the bowl part of the TRT. For someone that hasn't skied MW before, I think GoS would be a splendid introduction. It is a lot easier finding a place to dig in and click into your bindings half way up the GoS than most of the Tux gullies, which is a big help for a first timer than may be intimidated or tired on the way up.
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