YOUNG AND DUMB COULOIR | CECIL RHODE MOUNTAIN | CHUGACH | ALASKA | UNITED STATES

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YOUNG AND DUMB COULOIR
YOUNG AND DUMB COULOIR
Date Created: 11/09/09
Last Updated: 11/09/09
Ranking:Premier
Avalache Terrain Rating:Complex What's This?
Hardest Difficulty:Double Black what's this?
Average Difficulty:Black what's this?
Skiable Vert:3000 ft
Climbing Vert:3400 ft
Top Elevation:3900 ft
Trailhead Elevation:500 ft
Ascent Mileage:2.5
AVG Ascent Time:3-4 hours
Ascent Type:Bootpack, Skin
Trees:none
Slope Aspect:Northeast
Steepest Section:55+ Degrees
Slope Type:Chute, Couloir
Exit:Sketchy but doable
First Descent:
Nearest Town:Cooper Landing
AVG Snowfall:742
Snowpack:Maritime

Highlights

The initial 100 feet or so of the Young and Dumb Couloir is incredibly steep, probably over 60 degrees. This route offers a very long ski descent (pretty average for Alaska).

Ascent

Park as close as you can to the northish ridge. Getting to this route requires bushwacking, so get a topo map and even better, go with someone who knows where they are going.

Descent

Ski the main chute on the Northeast side.

Access/Permits

Parking is sensitive so be courteous.

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