Tuckerman Ravine, 2 Day Trip in April

[andyzee]

Taken from Timefortuckerman.com, pics from this past Sunday:

 

[awf170]

Here is a vid from Sunday from my Chic-chocian ski buddy.

 

[thetrailboss]

I'm still game for this AZ. Will be packing digital heat as well....

 

[Greg]

Here is a vid from Sunday from my Chic-chocian ski buddy.

Is that all you, Austin? Nice skiing there.

 

[andyzee]

I'm still game for this AZ. Will be packing digital heat as well....

Cool, got my sleeping bag yesterday:

 

[awf170]

Is that all you, Austin? Nice skiing there.

Heh, no way I'm not nearly that good. I was at Sugarbush using my free passes (thanks again!). That is the son of one of the guys that stayed at the hut in the Chic Chocs with us. He flat out rips and is only 17 years old. He has a rope tow in his backyard so that gives him an unfair advantage over me (at least that is what I tell myself to try to feel better about a kid 2 years younger than me being a way better skier :wink::lol His older brother is supposedly even better and does front flips off the tower 5 cliff on tele skis :-o

 

[andyzee]

Heh, no way I'm not nearly that good. I was at Sugarbush using my free passes (thanks again!). That is the son of one of the guys that stayed at the hut in the Chic Chocs with us. He flat out rips and is only 17 years old. He has a rope tow in his backyard so that gives him an unfair advantage over me (at least that is what I tell myself to try to feel better about a kid 2 years younger than me being a way better skier :wink::lol His older brother is supposedly even better and does front flips off the tower 5 cliff on tele skis :-o

Hey, take it to your own thread! I don't see Chic Chocs anywhere in subject :lol:
Greg, thank God you're not a mod on this site!
Mods, can you please kick these guys out!

 

[awf170]

Hey, take it to your own thread! I don't see Chic Chocs anywhere in subject :lol:
Greg, thank God you're not a mod on this site!
Mods, can you please kick these guys out!

...and here is a video from the Chic Chocs from these guys too. Notice how the conditions weren't too good.



Oh! and I'm going back to the Chic Chocs in under a month...



















...chic chocs

 

[thetrailboss]

Cool, got my sleeping bag yesterday:

So we are camping out at the shelters?

 

[dmc]

Cool, got my sleeping bag yesterday:

Nice - i got 2 cold weather sleeping bags... One is for hiking and one is for the shelter..

My bag for the shelter is a friggin condo.. It has pockets on the inside for IPod and Nalgene...
Two year ago I had my boot liners, two Nalgenes, and IPOD in my bag...

 

[andyzee]

So we are camping out at the shelters?

Well that's what I was talking about all along. Not important though, could just hike up early morning, say 6. You tell me.

 

[thetrailboss]

Well that's what I was talking about all along. Not important though, could just hike up early morning, say 6. You tell me.

Anyone know what getting a shelter requires? Reservations? First come, first serve?

 

[dmc]

First come first serve... Like $8 bucks a night..

 

[andyzee]

First come first serve... Like $8 bucks a night..

Last I checked, I think it was $10. First come first serve. I figure if we head up on Friday, we have a better chance of getting a spot. Get spot, hike up to the summit, maybe check out some terrain in the Great Gulf. Then spend Saturday skiing Tux and head back down Sunday

If there's an issue getting a shelter, then get a hotel in Gorham for the night and hike up early Saturday.

 

[dmc]

You can always use a tent platform.. If they aren't totally covered with snow..

 

[andyzee]

You can always use a tent platform.. If they aren't totally covered with snow..

Other then not being covered, how are they differnent from leantos? Charge? Reservations?

 

[dmc]

I think you still have to pay.. They are a little more remote.. Although sometimes the path to the shelters goes right through them.. But you don't have to share a shelter...

 

[thetrailboss]

OK, so we are talking the weekend of the 25th, yes?

 

[andyzee]

OK, so we are talking the weekend of the 25th, yes?

Yes sir, not written in stone, but I would like to:

• Arrive Friday morning, get a leanto.
• Perhaps hike to the summit and may check out the Great gulf
• If snowfields are skiable ski back down to tux
• Spend night
• Ski Tux on Saturday and then either ski down or spend another night and ski down the next morning.

Of course all the above depends on conditions. And I am open to suggestion. Let me know what you think. Snowmonster,. what say you? Kingslug?

 

[snowmonster]

IF the knee is strong enough, I'll be up for the day on Friday (25th). I'll be in early and out the same day.