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All Locations > California > High Sierra > 09 - Palisades… > Mt Sill > N Couloir (4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b)
rap station - after a successful summit
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Skiing the NE (L shaped) Couloir on Mt. Sill
North Couloir.
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Aug 29, 2020
“rap station - after a successful summit”  

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rap station - after a successful summit
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