After not skiing for the last two weeks during our spring break climbing and surfing trip in california, we were eager to get back into the swing of skiing. While we were away we also got some more snow, enough to fill in the Y Couloir. The Y is a long couloir running off the south side of Little Cottonwood, west of Hogum Fork and leads up to Thunder Ridge.
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| The Y Couloir (Taken from tetonsandwasatch.com) |
After parking at the Lisa Falls Trailhead follow a system of trails leading towards the couloir and you will find one of the several river crossings. Once past the river, simply continue south towards the entrance and you will come out right at the base. Such an easy approach is one of the reasons the Y is so popular. The rest is quite simple, 3,200+ of boot-packing. At the first fork go right and at the second fork go left.
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| Booting up |
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| Broads Fork Twin Peaks with Lisa Falls running off of it |
We were lucky to have a group of skiers in front of us who laid out the booter. We stopped at the end of the couloir about 50 feet before it tops out on the ridge. If you continue the extra 50 feet you come to great views of tons of skiing terrain. However, deep snow and a large cornice blocked us from continuing. The skiing through the couloir had a mixed variety of deep snow, windcrusts, and a bit of slush as the temperatures warmed. We enjoyed the 3200 feet of 40 degree couloir skiing through its entirety. Since the Y leads to several other descents were planning on this winter, I'm sure we'll be up it again soon enough.
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| Justin making some deep turns up top |
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| Half way down |
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| Greg coming out of the tightest part of the chute |
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| Justin at the bottom |
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| Greg finishing out the run |
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| Justin taking a water break |
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