I think since January this line has been skied once a week, ever time I drive the canyon I see tracks coming out of it! Everyone seems to know the beta about this line so i will keep this short. I would first like to say that taking six people into this line might not be the smartest thing to do but if you communicate and take it slow, it can be done safely! We cruised on up, got everything ready at the top of the summer trail, did a beacon / equipment check and found out the guide free got his belay device. I left the group and broke a trail down to the repel tree and got the repel set up. Henry repelled first, to make sure everything was good for are guests that had never repelled before. |
Sean was are next taker, we did the royal flush last summer together so I was fired up to get him back in a harness. Sean and Henry skied about 50 yards down the couloir to a point where they could get out of the way. I anchored into the tree and got ready to lower Jayleen and Josh. Jayleen and Josh both don't have a lot of rope time under there belts so it was awesome to give them an experience of a life time by lowering them 70 feet into a couloir! Nick repelled after them and got everyone moving. Henry skied down half way to a safe zone, fallowed by Sean who sent it all the way. Sean and henry cleared it form the bottom up and Josh, Jayleen, and Nick skied it one by one top to bottom! As they did this I repelled in, pulled and coiled the rope and by the time I was done it was my turn to drop. We all leapfrogged out the bottom and within 30 minutes we were all safe back on the bike path.