{"id":403,"date":"2009-04-09T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T23:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2009-04-09T17:21:02","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T23:21:02","slug":"purple-peak-s-couloir-4709","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/purple-peak-s-couloir-4709\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Peak S-Couloir 4.7.09"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conan and I headed out for a quick lap on Purple Peak’s S-Couloir on Tuesday. I first met Conan a couple of years ago while drywalling his house. We did a lot of talking on that job, since he used to guide Aconcagua and other peaks, but this was the first time we had a chance to ski together. Conan will be heading to one of the world’s 14 8,000meter peaks, Cho Oyu, in a couple of weeks, hopefully getting a chance to ski it. I’m not sure if little old Purple offered too much practice, but it was a fun day. Purple Peak and the S couloir (left) taken the following day from the Daisy pass area:
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We took the easy route, climbing the S face to the summit. This tour was the first time I’d been out since the last devastating dust storm. The peaks were not looking good. Owen:
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Rare photo of me on top:
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Afley:
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We didn’t get too many photos, since this route is better skied as a continuous pitch to the bottom. Despite the dust, this north facing couloir was holding some nice powder, although it was slightly variable in some spots. Conan exiting the couloir:
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Some of our tracks can be seen here:
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We did a quick skin back up to Scarp’s ridge and skied down to our snowmobiles. The snow on this S facing terrain was awful- 2″ thick trap crust. My turn here shows the snow in all it’s glory:
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That’s about it- a quick little 4 hour mission on a pretty classic line. Bonus shot of my truck showing the dust. I hate dust:
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