Mt.Colden, NY

[gpetrics]

Date(s) Skied: 2/16/2011

Resort or Ski Area: The Trap Dike. Mt. Colden, NY

Conditions: Powder, dense windslab

Trip Report:

Ben Peters and I skied the Trap Dike route on (in?) Mt. Colden NY recently. It was a thrilling experience, and one that I've pined for for years. The conditions seemed to come together just right on Wednesday 2/16/2011 as 45+ days of cold low pressure were about to give way to warm high pressure. We assembled all the information we had gathered over the previous 6 months, came up with a game plan, and gave it our best shot. I think it worked.


A largely pictorial treatment of our trip is over on our website, FIS. I hope you enjoy! Thanks for tolerating the cross post if you saw this elsewhere, but I believe this TR will have large appeal.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Nice work and kudos on the patience until the time was right. :beer:

 

[emmaurice2]

Awesome. Great photos, too!

 

[WoodCore]

Sweet!!! Nicely Done!

 

[skidmarks]

Nice grab!

 

[SkiDork]

thats a nice expedition. Thanks for the report!

 

[skiadikt]

one of your sickest exploits to date. great report & pics as usual.

 

[TheBEast]

Not quite up there with The (Other) Winter Carnival - Part I, but a solid second in my book. Nice stuff this year guys! Living vicariously through your posts as I can only dream of getting the time away from the family to do this kind of stuff. Get sum!

 

[powpig2002]

duuuude!

 

[snowmonster]

Awesome! Congrats for finally skiing that!

 

[abc]

Awesome!

Now I feel compel to go into Lake Colden just to look at the line from below...

 

[gpetrics]

thanks guys! and ABC: you should definitely do the avalanche lake ski tour. it is a great day in the backcountry in and of itself!

 

[skidmarks]

Avalanche Pass was a great ski tour from the Loj and back.