A lot of the route in middle section looked something like this

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A lot of the route in middle section looked something like this

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S.T. at a one of the steeper sections.

From the bottom head up this first chute (deep and red on the bottom). It looks steep, but there's an easy exit on the top. And the surrounding rock is bad climbing.

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Emily Cheng

Sep 4, 2018

“A lot of the route in middle section looked something like this”

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Skiing the Mendenhall Couloir

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Skiing the Mendenhall Couloir

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S.T. at a one of the steeper sections.

A lot of the route in middle section looked something like this

From the bottom head up this first chute (deep and red on the bottom). It looks steep, but there's an easy exit on the top. And the surrounding rock is bad climbing.

Ryan low on the Northeast Gully of Laurel

Things start to get loose at 11,100 feet. This is looking up. There's still a lot of ways to avoid climbing in loose stuff if you look for them.

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The descent off of Laurel. Stay on the ridge, sticking to the red/bronze colored rock. Don't turn right into a gully too early.

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Looking down at Ryan in the talus from about fifty feet below Laurel Mountain's Summit. There's about 300 feet of this stuff below the summit. Use caution here. Lots of stuff to trundle.