Huntington Ravine

[DMC]

Anybody ski it? What's it like...?

As he picks his head up from a flurry of data modeling reworks...

[Jolly J]

I've heard that diaginol gully is supposed to be really cool. But I have no personal experience.....

[elwood]

Oooooh. Data modeling. That sounds like fun DMC, want me to make any flowcharts? I have visio! LOL

I'm interested in hearing if anyone has skiied Huntington as well... I thought it was mostly ice climbing over there.

P.S. Thanks for a new topic DMC, I wanted to hit 500 today!!!

[DMC]

Jolly J:
I've heard that diaginol gully is supposed to be really cool. But I have no personal experience..... That double falline looks like a hoot to ride...

[DMC]

elwood:
P.S. Thanks for a new topic DMC, I wanted to hit 500 today!!! I'm trying to keep on topic... And stay focused...

Seems like just yesterday you hit 420...

[elwood]

DMC:
Seems like just yesterday you hit 420... LOL...yes it does!

[DMC]

Your good at catching those double meaning thingies...

MY GOD IS IT TIME TO GO HOME YET!!!!!!!

[RR]

Uhh, guys, diagonal is an ice climb too. Kinda skinny too.

Upper Odells is a lot like Left Gully, except the two entrance lines are two narrow hourglasses that merge after they get fat again, Skier's right looks easier, skier's left looks like disaster.

Anyway, right after they merge the sight-lines are gone. The line on skier's right is a must-get-to-or-die proposition. The ice cliff on skier's left is over 50'. On the right side it's only 20'. The landing is a bit flat and kinda small, but I think I might just manage it.

After that it's all in sight, but the first 100' will have substantial low-angled ice floes...maybe 25-30 degrees. Later in the year truly massive runnels form in the lower section...so deep as to be very like half pipes!

Just don't hit the ice climbers...it's a popular "first alpine ice" experience.

[loafnut]

I know people have skiied it, im just not sure who. I think that mitersillmainiac guy who posts in a bunch of ski forums has done it. (or claimed he had)

[TheOctopus]

I'm told that many, if not most or all, of the ice-climbing routes have been skied. This is a serious amount of no-fall terrain. I'm told (by my reliable source) that a lot of totally crazy lines were getting skiied in March 2002 after all the super-heavy snows.

For the sane among us, I'm also told that The Fan provides for some really good skiing, without all the crowds associated with Tucks.