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The dogleg, 700ft or so? below top. Over this cornice you can gain the west face, the second couloir of the 'trilogy'. In March 09 this was huge and overhanging and would've presented quite the challenge. The typical ski descent turns right (north); the couloir then steepens and narrows.
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The final pitch and rap off summit. The rappel block is THE summit block; a 3 foot elongated boulder with webbing.
Snake Couloir Photo taken late Mar. '09.
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Stiles
Oct 4, 2009
“The dogleg, 700ft or so? below top. Over this cornice you can gain the west face, the second couloir of the 'trilogy'. In March 09 this was huge and overhanging and would've presented quite the challenge. The typical ski descent turns right (north); the couloir then steepens and narrows. ”  

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Snake Couloir, October, 2010.
The final pitch and rap off summit. The rappel block is THE summit block; a 3 foot elongated boulder with webbing.
The dogleg, 700ft or so? below top. Over this cornice you can gain the west face, the second couloir of the 'trilogy'. In March 09 this was huge and overhanging and would've presented quite the challenge. The typical ski descent turns right (north); the couloir then steepens and narrows.
Snake Couloir Photo taken late Mar. '09.
Just after the Dogleg and out of the buisness.
Just before the left hand dogleg. The steepest section is right above me at this point.
Looking down from the top of the couloir.
Below the dogleg, just above the crux 7 foot constriction Joe Ryan dropping knees.
Looking up from the bottom of the couloir.
Posing on the summit.
Snake (Dogleg) Couloir.
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