A big April snowstorm and little time to ski. With papers to write and finals to study for we didn't have very much time to go skiing, but still wanted to get some of the last powder of the season and get a little scare. We decided to go check out Holy Mole, a line running North off of Toledo Peak. After a quick skin up Toledo Bowl, we reached the start of Holy Toledo and continued up the ridge to the first obvious saddle. From here you ski some open trees straight down until you come across a choke that is the only way down through the cliff band. Luckily for us the cruxy steep section was filled in, but still required a committing quick turn to get through. There was a fixed line buried in the snow that can be used to get past this section. Most of the new snow had already slid off this choke so sluffing didn't play a big of a role as we were worried about. Before we started down I was telling Justin that the cliffs "aren't that big". I realized how wrong that was once we got through the choke and could see what we were skiing on top off. The run ends with a fun couloir that dumps you into Cardiff Fork. A quick skin up to Cardiff Pass brought us back over to LCC and we chose to exit through a little chutellete off of Cardiff ridge.
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| Crappy picture of the choke |
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| Getting powder in the Couloir |
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| Holy Mole Couloir, with the "not so big cliffs" on the left |
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| Justin getting fresh snow off of Cardiff Ridge |
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