Skiing Lincoln's Throat on a Powder Day (02/17/24)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Crazy time up on Mount Lincoln today. Original plan for the day was to make the long haul over Zealand out to the slides on South Twin, but with avy risk a little iffy and my legs still tired from North Twin, I decided last night to hit Lincoln's Beard instead since recent photos of it look solid. Checked MWAC this morning and saw south and east facing slopes were going to be more windblown. That combined with the -20 predicted wind chill on the ridge made me change my mind again last minute this morning and I elected to try for Lincoln's Throat, hoping there would be enough coverage. It ended up being one of the deeper pow days I've ever gotten in New Hampshire! Due to some poor navigation, I ended up getting nearly cliffed out by some hefty drops/boulders trying to bushwhack from the hiking trail down to Walker Brook. Thankfully it was a short connection and after making it way more difficult than it had to be, I popped out on the brook and started the skin up. There was quite a bit of open water but overall it was an enjoyable ascent! Just after I laced up my crampons to start bootpacking, the wind gusts started picking up. By the time I made it to the top of the line, it felt like a full on blizzard. I waited it out for a little and got a nice window where the snow slowed down to drop in! It was definitely a little sketchy up below the ice falls with a lot of new snow and a lot of wind blowing around. Things felt a little slidey but mostly because there was zero bonding between the new super light snow and the rocks/ice below it (there was almost no base at all on the majority of the slide). After a few ski cuts and some cautious turns on the steeper sections, I felt great about sending it down the rest of the way. Had to angle to GoPro down for a lot of it to show just how deep it was! Got a lot more slides on the short list to hit soon so keep an eye out for more videos this week!
The east will teach you to ski. You have no other choice. Great song classic.
so psyched for you!
Thanks man!! It was pretty crazy snow for NH
@@connorobr1en gotta admit i’m a bit jealous…. i spent a few years on tele skiis in new hampshire, but my knee has decided that’s no longer an option.
@@ddaavvee68 ahhh man that’s so tough
@@connorobr1en no worries, i’m super grateful for what i’ve been able to do.
@@ddaavvee68 glad to hear it!
Hey thanks for all your videos! Coming from Quebec to go ski the Whites in 2 weeks and your videos gives us a lot of good information on the lines we might want to go ski :)
Happy to help! You’re coming down at a great time. Feel free to shoot me a message on my Insta for more info on a slide or any beta on getting there!
Did you ski this alone? That’s probably the deepest powder I’ve seen all year from New Hampshire.
Yup! I was solo today. And definitely was the deepest I’ve gotten on the east coast this season!!
@@connorobr1en Was on mt washington that day and there were some wind slabs that looked amazing to ski but also just about ready to release! The better the skiing the more dangerous the snow.