Wolverine Cirque

Staying true to his word, he never failed to drop in before me, nab a few untouched powder turns, and quickly set up his camera. Because only a few inches of snow had accumulated by the time we were peering through our ski tips and into its degree entrance, the rocks were covered just enough to be invisible to our eyes.

They were not invisible to our ski bases. A quick stone grind led to a steep shot of powder, but, more importantly, to the realization that we were skiing Wolverine Cirque in true, midwinter, powder conditions. For the next five laps, we skinned up the chute around the corner from Sushi Chute unnamed in the book and repeatedly broke trail up it and the east Wolverine ridgeline—a perfect viewpoint for our western descents, had visibility presented them.

The snowfall never relented. Blasting winds, heavy snowfall, and whiteout conditions tattered and tested our resolve. And although challenging, it was also rewarding: There is no obvious reason why we stayed out there all day. No one even knew that we were out there. He was late for an affair that evening, I had to wake up early the next morning, and we were exhausted. We live for this stuff. The foot-long Scythe drops from the summit of 10,foot Mount Wolverine. Following the obvious left dogleg, the snow became discernibly deeper as we reached the apron, taking a fast northward turn toward another couloir awaiting a fresh skintrack.

We pole-pushed along the bases of the next five chutes, limiting the amount of skinning and, hopefully, speeding the process.

Oops, did I just say that? The sun had set, and along with shared familiarity of Grizzly Gulch, there was just enough ambient city light pollution to guide us back to the car with a little headlamp help. Instead of presenting a clash between good skiing and adventure, Wolverine Cirque offered a combination. A physical challenge with a dubious outcome in ever-deepening snow?

A small, private, liberal arts college brought Brody to Salt Lake City. The mountains and their butt-kickings keep him around. From there, follow the inevitably plentiful skin tracks up the Summer Road before heading left north past the highest homes and into Grizzly Gulch proper.

Follow the cat track east to Twin Lakes Pass, where your right south turn will have you on the ridge to the summit of Patsy Marley. Beware that this specific approach brings you to the top of the couloirs, and does not allow you to climb your first before you ski it.

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From one of these summits, you can reach every couloir. Given essential avalanche safety training, nearly any upper caliber of backcountry skier or splitboarder can find a chute to their liking, and should be able to climb and ski two or three in a morning session. Or, better yet, ski all I am a very weight-conscious skier, and a thermos rarely finds itself in my pack.

But for a long day that allows a gear cache, it was revitalizing to have a bite of food and a cup of hot tea while the snow stacked up between laps. I thought Tom Selleck shaved off his moustache. Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.

Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol. Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel. Is Tom coming with you? You would be correct in that observation. Thusly I have aquired sovereignty from that anal debutante. Originally Posted by Tom Selleck's Moustache. Join Date Mar Location land of the free Posts 7, Also a pretty easy tour out of Solitude or Brighton. Be smart about avalanches, though. Almost everything you might ski in Wolverine is avalanche terrain.

Join Date Jul Location not far from snowbird Posts 2, Originally Posted by jhveteran. I don't even live in Utah and wouldn't tell him how to get there Thank's Bakerboy, What's so wrong about a Canadian Skier trying to gather some info to make the most out of a sweet roadtrip?

Did you just assume i'm just some gaper that would wander out there with no backcountry knowhow, equiptment or partner? This is a community for sharing knowledge and stoke, so if you have nothing usefull to say shut it.

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Join Date Oct Posts 2, Get on North in Salt Lake City. Head north out of Salt Lake, passing the Woods Cross exit about 10 miles past downtown. About 20 minutes later you will see the exit for HWY 50, take it. There should be a parking lot with lots of cars and shit. Wolverine Cirque is the big yellow and blue one that does a loop.

It used to be known as the Fire Dragon.