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Smoky Mtns/Newfound Gap BC TR-2/20/2010
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@teledave 210277 wrote:It's a slide path. Best I can figure it would be 11 miles in from the closest access point. Approximately 4500 vertical feet gain, with the amount of snow it would take to ski it I figure it would be a dawn to dusk hike in, ski the next day and boogie out. But you better be prepared to stay an extra night, just in case.
In other words, it would be a MAJOR winter expedition.
You know I'm in.
Next time I'm making some epic portage through horrible Rhodo I can always look down and say "at least there isn't 3 feet of snow on the ground as well".
That was a day I'll remember for a long time. Maybe we can do it again in 5 years or so and apply all of those "next times". The lift tickets were free, the views were world class, the company was great, and nothing is like being in the middle of the Great smokies with no one else in sight...and knowing you have the whole place to yourself all day long and never knowing what's around the next corner or over the next pitch.
In other words, it would be a MAJOR winter expedition.
You know I'm in.
Next time I'm making some epic portage through horrible Rhodo I can always look down and say "at least there isn't 3 feet of snow on the ground as well".
That was a day I'll remember for a long time. Maybe we can do it again in 5 years or so and apply all of those "next times". The lift tickets were free, the views were world class, the company was great, and nothing is like being in the middle of the Great smokies with no one else in sight...and knowing you have the whole place to yourself all day long and never knowing what's around the next corner or over the next pitch.
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@_X_ 210315 wrote:You know I'm in.
Next time I'm making some epic portage through horrible Rhodo I can always look down and say "at least there isn't 3 feet of snow on the ground as well".
That was a day I'll remember for a long time. Maybe we can do it again in 5 years or so and apply all of those "next times". The lift tickets were free, the views were world class, the company was great, and nothing is like being in the middle of the Great smokies with no one else in sight...and knowing you have the whole place to yourself all day long and never knowing what's around the next corner or over the next pitch.
So true, a bad day (speaking of snow conditions) in the bc can be so much better than a day inbounds. Nice work and excellent TR.
Next time I'm making some epic portage through horrible Rhodo I can always look down and say "at least there isn't 3 feet of snow on the ground as well".
That was a day I'll remember for a long time. Maybe we can do it again in 5 years or so and apply all of those "next times". The lift tickets were free, the views were world class, the company was great, and nothing is like being in the middle of the Great smokies with no one else in sight...and knowing you have the whole place to yourself all day long and never knowing what's around the next corner or over the next pitch.
So true, a bad day (speaking of snow conditions) in the bc can be so much better than a day inbounds. Nice work and excellent TR.