Jackson Gap Skier Navigates Skinny Couloir In Late Spring Circumstances

Skilled large mountain skier and Jackson Gap native Owen Leeper hoped to attain some late Might turns down couloir on Togwotee Cross at about foot elevation however when he lastly obtained eyes on it after a brief 1-hour tour it was wanting a bit extra bony than anticipated:

“I hoped to get one final run on this couloir, however I knew the snow had been melting quickly, and it was already the top of Might. However, I went for it anyway. I skinned up across the again for security, much less probability of rock fall whereas within the couloir, however I spotted the bottom was too heat. There was a lot of wetslide exercise, which was my backup plan to ski it if the couloir didn’t have snow, so I used to be now dedicated. I walked via essentially the most epic entrance and revealed the couloir, but it surely was not what I hoped for.” -Owen Leeper

Not accepting defeat, Leeper waited for the solar to melt up the snow and took his time parsing via the publicity on the backside of the couloir. Glorious instance of profiting from what is accessible and never taking any undo dangers in uncovered terrain:

“Couple enjoyable turns in there however total fairly horrible with a lot particles however higher than the opposite facet the place it was all moist slide and tremendous sticky. Properly nonetheless enjoyable to get out and wasn’t an excessive amount of of an effort to stand up there.” -Owen Leeper

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