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FORD/CHEVY/STETTNER
FORD/CHEVY/STETTNER
Date Created: 10/23/2010
Last Updated: 10/24/2010
Ranking:Premier
Skiable Vert:7100 ft
Climbing Vert:7170 ft
Top Elevation:13770 ft
Trailhead Elevation:6600 ft
Ascent Mileage:8
AVG Ascent Time:9-11 hours
Ascent Type:Bootpack, Skin, Easy Crampon/snow axe, Technical Climbing
Trees:Sparse
Slope Aspect:South
Steepest Section:55+ Degrees
Slope Type:Ridge, Bowl, Chute, Couloir, Face, Gully
Exit:Rappell
First Descent:Jeff Rhoads and Brad Peck
Nearest Town:Moose
AVG Snowfall:400
Snowpack:Intercontinental

Highlights

The entire day is surreal and grueling. Amazing views. Terrifying exposure. Numerous difficult sections.

Ascent

Skin or hike up Garnet Canyon to the Meadows. Bootpack ~NW to the Teepe Snowfield. Ascend Teepe Snowfield to Glencoe Col. Traverse NW to the Stettner Couloir. Technical climbing through Stettner and Chevy Couloirs. Bootpack Ford Couloir and SE Snowfield to the summit. If things start to warm up or your gut sez "NO", turn around and call it a day.

Descent

Don't fall until after you've descended beyond the Teepe Snowfield! After descnding the upper snowfield and Ford Couloir, most people rappel through the steep, icy Chevy Couloir and parts of the Stettner. Personally, I'm most tweaked while skiing the traverse between the Stettner and the top of the Teepe Snowfield. It's steep, exposed and usually windloaded. See the photo below. Exercise extreme caution throughout the descent so you don't die.

Access/Permits

GTNP Park Pass. Also, make sure to tell a friend where you're going and when you expect to be back.

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