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The Sickle Couloir is located on Horstman Peak in the Sawtooth National Wilderness Area. It's visible from Stanley and, for many, is a snow/ice climb in the summer months. The top of the cooler is at 10,000'. It's about 1000' run inside the cooler itself with a roll-over crux at the top of 55 degrees and about 12-15' wide. The second roll-over crux is about a third of the way down and also approaches mid 50s and again about 15' wide. -Marc Hanselman
Last April, the Whistler/Blackcomb marketing department had an idea—to create the ultimate contest among skiers and snowboarders, park riders and big-mountain competitors and call it If Ullr Was A Girl. The Scandinavian god of justice and dueling, who was quite savvy on snow, was their muse. One girl, either a skier or a snowboarder, would be crowned the Ullr Girl...Click here for the complete story!
Ted Mahon, Neal Beidleman and I met up with our friends Kip and Andrew from Squaw, who had skied the Ford/ Stettner route on the Grand on Tuesday, and skied into Garnet Canyon at 6:30 a.m. Friday morning for a recon tour. As we passed the meadows the weather closed in on the Grand, but we climbed the headwall to the Middle Teton Glacier anyway, just to get a little higher. At the foot of the glacier there was a foot of new snow, and the skinning was perfect, so the five of us climbed up the Middle Teton Glacier, arriving at Dike Col around noon.
The ultimate hangover came from the last night at the athlete 80s Prom where everyone who had gone big that week, went even bigger at the Westin Ballroom until about 1 a.m. Then they went for more at Maxx Fish until the dance club closed. Many of the athletes had dates, even if only for fun, like Dyer and Peter Olenick. Of course, there was also Rory and Sarah.
Nick Greener folded over a ten-foot outcropping after tumbling down The Amphitheater in North Baldy