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Dragontail questions
- Alan Brunelle
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22 Aug 2010 22:50 #193488
by Alan Brunelle
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I just hiked up to Colchuck Lake with the family and to recon for possible trips next Spring.
I noticed lots of reports of skiing on the Colchuck Glacier, but I was wondering if the slope below Aasgard Pass gets skied a lot, and in particular whether the bowl just east of the Dragontail summit does not get skied in combo with the route down from the Pass.
If there are trip reports on this, please point me to them. Also curious of the best time of year, but of course I understand that largely depends on yearly conditions.
thanks,
Alan
I noticed lots of reports of skiing on the Colchuck Glacier, but I was wondering if the slope below Aasgard Pass gets skied a lot, and in particular whether the bowl just east of the Dragontail summit does not get skied in combo with the route down from the Pass.
If there are trip reports on this, please point me to them. Also curious of the best time of year, but of course I understand that largely depends on yearly conditions.
thanks,
Alan
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- Amar Andalkar
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23 Aug 2010 00:05 #193490
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Replied by Amar Andalkar on topic Re: Dragontail questions
It's quite commonly skied, both the slope below Aasgard Pass and the bowl east of Dragontail, and there have been several TRs here on TAY and elsewhere (CascadeClimbers and NWHikers) over the years.
Part of the problem with trying to search for the TRs is that most people (and even some newspapers) have no idea how to spell the name of this pass properly, and in addition to that, the official name of the pass (Aasgard Pass) differs from the standard English spelling of "Asgard" when referring to the home of the Norse gods. So TRs are written using "Aasgard", "Asgard", "Asgaard", even "Assgard" Pass, and probably some other variations too. So I tried searching for each of those spellings for the name of the pass. Searching for Dragontail brings up lots of other routes to sift through.
A few results that I found just now, there are many other older TRs too:
Dragontail 4/25/10
March 4-6, 2010, Dragontail powder
February 21-22, 2010 - Dragontail
Dragontail via Asgaard Pass (ski descent) 5/23-24/09
Part of the problem with trying to search for the TRs is that most people (and even some newspapers) have no idea how to spell the name of this pass properly, and in addition to that, the official name of the pass (Aasgard Pass) differs from the standard English spelling of "Asgard" when referring to the home of the Norse gods. So TRs are written using "Aasgard", "Asgard", "Asgaard", even "Assgard" Pass, and probably some other variations too. So I tried searching for each of those spellings for the name of the pass. Searching for Dragontail brings up lots of other routes to sift through.
A few results that I found just now, there are many other older TRs too:
Dragontail 4/25/10
March 4-6, 2010, Dragontail powder
February 21-22, 2010 - Dragontail
Dragontail via Asgaard Pass (ski descent) 5/23-24/09
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23 Aug 2010 15:19 #193495
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Replied by TonyM on topic Re: Dragontail questions
www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboardi...ex.php?topic=13285.0
This might help too ... a few more pics of the bowl you may be refering to (Snow Creek Glacier) -
picasaweb.google.com/anthonygmartin/Drag...imbAndSki2009_05_09#
Thx- Tony
This might help too ... a few more pics of the bowl you may be refering to (Snow Creek Glacier) -
picasaweb.google.com/anthonygmartin/Drag...imbAndSki2009_05_09#
Thx- Tony
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- Alan Brunelle
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23 Aug 2010 15:20 #193496
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Replied by Alan Brunelle on topic Re: Dragontail questions
Thanks!
Very helpful.
Alan
Very helpful.
Alan
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