Total ascending was 1720m over about 15km Interestingly my HR didn t skyrocket going down the couloir like I did when skiing Home
Obligatory shot of Brian and James heading to Fissile looking SE taken from the slopes above Russett Lake Another classic shot with Cheakamus Glacier in the background
Brian who s probably one of the strongest steep skiers I ve skied with gets to go first He looks like Hermann Meier waiting to explode out of the gates here Turns look and sound great no girlish shrieks of panic no scrape of ice no whimpering for mercy just nice powerful controlled turns
James shows his steezy pedal turn form making strong turns down the fall line Lot of sluffing going on but no triggers or signs of instability Then its my turn When you re skiing stuff this steep you literally jump 2 or 3 meters from platform to platform setting your edges and turning I find I can make about 3
and turning I find I can make about 3 linked turns before my sluff catches up to me so I have to wait every so often and shoulder check just so I m not skiing in my own sluff The upper steeper face is fine The lower icy choke isn t pretty There s a firm patch of snow about a ski and a half length wide surrounded by icy patches so it would be polite
would drop into if you ski the NE face all the way down to the bottom and don t hang a skiers left on the first rockband I d suggest a rope if you want to go down that way Beauty of a shot with James and the crevasses in the middle of this nicely pitched face
Nearing the choke Brian slows down and starts sidestepping He yells up that the snow is icier there James patiently waits for his turn nattily attired in matching two tone Arcteryx sangria
Lots of groups coming off the Spearhead Traverse Brian gets ready to ski on top of one group lucky that it was a low angle approach The Overlord Glacier almost looks mogulled so many other skiers had this same bright idea
Wet slides pack a punch and can run quite far Here s a possible early season objective as a Banana Chute variation
This shows the peak unfortunately cut off just at the top of the picture maybe about 5 minutes from the saddle at the entrance of Fissile like a Missile Fissile like a Missile drops about 200m down to the Overlord Glacier There are no open slots at the bottom We left a cache of heavy gear to skiers right off the path of any
If the ridge is wind hammered which it usually is this is the part where ski crampons would be nice James and Brian coming around the lesser peak and dropping down to the saddle of the lesser peak and Fissile Peak The entrance to Fissile like a Missile is at the saddle
Another classic shot with Cheakamus Glacier in the background Lee with Whirlwind Peak as the backdrop
There s some exposure off the E face of Fissile on the SW ridge If the ridge is wind hammered which it usually is this is the part where ski crampons would be nice
The Overlord Glacier almost looks mogulled so many other skiers had this same bright idea As we approach Fissile like a Missile it becomes clear that we really don t have all the gear to climb and protect the top steepest part of the couloir James is the most
These are what look like several size 3s off a W facing ridge near Mt Davidson looking south across the valley to the Cheakamus Glacier Possibly triggered by cornice failure Obligatory shot of Brian and James heading to Fissile looking SE taken from the slopes above Russett Lake
Lee doing the big mountain turns under the un earthly light of the Overlord Glacier Our tracks split the concave slope between the two crevasse complexes in this panorama of the Overlord Glacier I didn t dare go near the convex slope to lookers right of our
Skiing out from Singing Pass will get more and more interesting as the snow melts But its still top to bottom coverage
James shows his steezy pedal turn form making strong turns down the fall line Lot of sluffing going on but no triggers or signs of instability Then its my turn When you re skiing stuff this steep you literally jump 2 or 3 meters from platform to platform setting your edges and turning I find I can make about 3 linked
Our tracks split the concave slope between the two crevasse complexes in this panorama of the Overlord Glacier I didn t dare go near the convex slope to lookers right of our
Turns look and sound great no girlish shrieks of panic no scrape of ice no whimpering for mercy just nice powerful controlled turns Nearing the choke Brian slows down and starts sidestepping He yells up that the snow is icier there
solid coming down it I might add for the record that Brian on relatively skinny K2 Public Enemies and antiquated Silvretta 404s skied the route better then both of us Now that we were done getting firm chalky mixed in with icy crusty snow it s time to get rewarded by powder goodness on the Overlord Glacier Here s Brian with his reward
Beauty of a shot with James and the crevasses in the middle of this nicely pitched face Lee with the NE face in the background
clear that we really don t have all the gear to climb and protect the top steepest part of the couloir James is the most experience rock ice jock so we defer to him on that call Nothing to do but skin back up to Fissile Whirlwind Col and ascend the SW ridge
but couldn t find a defined crown The crown on picture right doesn t look skier triggered I suppose its possible that the new snow and sun had masked the debris and start zone Wet slides pack a punch and can run quite far
off the rock walls on the side Saddle Chute and the NW Face hadn t been skied Summit Chute Saddle Chute and the NW Main face drop about 600m to the toe of the Overlord Glacier This shows the peak unfortunately cut off just at the top of the picture maybe about 5 minutes from the saddle at the entrance of Fissile like a Missile
Lee doing the big mountain turns under the un earthly light of the Overlord Glacier
Nothing to do but skin back up to Fissile Whirlwind Col and ascend the SW ridge There s some exposure off the E face of Fissile on the SW ridge
Whirlwind Col then skinning the SW ridge If its wind scoured ski crampons aren t a bad idea but not necessary On the map below red is the way in blue is on the way out Lots of avalanche activity on sun affected slopes These are what look like several size 3s off a W facing ridge near Mt Davidson looking south across the valley to the
View back of Fissile safe and sound and another fine trip Skiing out from Singing Pass will get more and more interesting as the snow melts
Brian and James at the summit I bootpacked down to the entrance of the Summit Chute to take a look A party of two had gone in I d left the rope at the bottom of the couloir otherwise I d have liked to
sun affected slopes This time I am joined at the top of Oboe Peak by Brian a recent Ontario transplant and James who guides for the Whistler Alpine Guide Bureau The route is straighforward and is described in other TRs A randonee race was held yesterday so there s a highway out to Whirlwind Peak The drawback is having to wait till lifts
Lee with the NE face in the background Lee doing the big mountain turns under the un earthly light of the Overlord Glacier
narrow choke and then about 50 degrees down the choke till it opens up at the bottom Skiers right and skiers left appear steeper and are exposed also to falling bits of cornice Brian who s probably one of the strongest steep skiers I ve skied with gets to go first He looks like Hermann Meier waiting to explode out of the gates here
James and Brian coming around the lesser peak and dropping down to the saddle of the lesser peak and Fissile Peak The entrance to Fissile like a Missile is at the saddle Brian and James at the summit
lower third was bollocks Fortunately everything goes swimmingly and I make it down to the bottom just fine Unlike when I skied the NE face there were no oh my god moments I think we were all happy with the way it went Despite wasting some time going to the toe of the couloir and then back tracking we got it in near perfect conditions avalanche
Here s a possible early season objective as a Banana Chute variation View back of Fissile safe and sound and another fine trip
James getting the white fluffy goodness A word on Overlord I scoped the line out on other trips first before skiing these faces There are open slots all over the place I was very careful to identify landmarks and
Turns look and sound great no girlish shrieks of panic no scrape of ice no whimpering for mercy just nice powerful controlled turns Nearing the choke Brian slows down and starts sidestepping He yells up that the snow is icier there
Zudem verbreitete sie durch die wöchentlich stattfindenden Raids Angst und Schrecken unter den Mitgliedern der Allianz Erwähnenswert ist dass die Gilde mit Alexia den
open slope Rescue from here would be difficult to say the least With that nagging in mind here s Brian opening it up Fissile like a Missile and the NE face are on picture right Brian again The bergschrund on the right is what you would drop into if you ski the NE face all the way down to the bottom and don t hang a skiers left on the first rockband I d
martesays: @hannefis Fo' sheazy my neazy queezy. Shizzle nizzle fissle wizzle.✌
narayanandinesh: @Sha***haroor India has awakened on the cause of her death and the movement cannot be allowed to fissle out.
john_mulroy: don't expect my cracker to fissle out just yet,,,its just been lit,,and its of those roman candle thingezzs,,,love respect
genyvec: 2b.if its just in ur head it'll fissle out with time write it down! habakkuk 2:2-3 #yap #lessonsfrom2012