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Summary | Elevation: 12,485 ft

NOKHU CRAGS
NOKHU CRAGS
While the Nokhu Crags are technically part of Cameron Pass, this special area deserves a page of its own. The Nokhu Cirque can be reached in about two hours from the trailhead. Park at the turnout about a half mile below the main Cameron Pass parking on the south side of the pass. Ski down the sun-baked slope next to the car to reach the bottom of the valley below the Longest Run (the obvious slide path that often gets skied). Skin up the Longest Run until you get to the obvious old irrigation ditch that wraps around the mountain and follow it east. Continue up and around the drainage into the cirque to the south.

From here it is clear that there are endless possibilities for steep couloir skiing ranging from 500-1500 feet. Three east-facing couloirs are the first obvious things you will see on your right-- the Three Sisters. At least a dozen other steep chutes wrap around this area; if someone could enlighten me to their names it would be much appreciated.
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Routes

ImageNameHardest DifficultySteepest SectionAspectSkiable VertAVG Ascent Time
GRAND CENTRAL COULOIR GRAND CENTRAL COULOIR Double Black
what's this?		 45-55 Degrees Northeast 650 ft. 3 hours
NOKHULOIR NOKHULOIR Double Black
what's this?		 35-45 Degrees North 450 ft. 3 hours


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Skied these two couloirs Feb 23rd.
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Three Sisters
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