Super C Couloir Portillo Chile w/Traverse Footage
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- After a long hike you arrive at one of the best couloirs in the world for a 5,000 foot run that includes a 3,000 couloir with vertical walls that protect the snow from a lot of the sun, wind and temperature changes that occur on other partsof the mountain. Top elevation seemed to be just over 13,000 and you can see the valley floor/Highway at around 7000 feet. The Hotel Portillo sits around 9,500 feet.
Depending on the condition of the bootpack it can take you around just over an hour (if you are a machine) to over 5 hours. It took us over 4 hours. There was no bootpack visible as wind and snow filled everything in the days before. We also had to park at the midpoint before the traverse and wait for the weather to clear or turn back. Right as we were going to turn back the sun came out. The first part of the hike to the traverse is rather enjoyable. After the traverse it was one of the hardest slogs I've done. We were postholing and progress was incredibly difficult and slow with most steps set by first planting your skis or poles above you and then packing out a kneecap to carve out a next step. Credit to Jeb for breaking trail like a monster. Once you pass the traverse your only way out is up.
I left a reasonably long look at the traverse as that is the section most people had the most questions on. It is definately exposed and a fall would be consequential. The aspect of this traverse that is so unique is that the exposure is so visible. You are forced to look at it the entire way across.
Credit to Chris Davenport for the intro segment and pre-hike tips as well as all the Portillo Ski patrol and staff who provided advice. Make sure to check in with them befroe you hike.
Part 2. The next morning the Boosted Board came out for the switchbacks down to the valley floor. • 20km+ Boosted Board Sk...
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Great footage! Nice aggressive skiing! Sick coulior!
Many great lines you got! Cheers!
Could you give some more details about the path up and about where to traverse? Going there in August and plan to ski that line.
Worth talking to patrol about it and also letting them know you are going up there. The path is pretty visible from the lodge so they can talk you through it.
I see that you ski on Kastle FX104. Can this run be done on skis with waist 95? Great video and music!!! Thx.
All depends on the day and the skier. I'd do it if I didn't have the 104. But, I think a wider ski would be more fun on the way down.
I did it in 80 underfoot head era 3.0 rental skis with no ski poles 2 days ago. I boot packed the actual run rather than the rocker jack approach. On the way down it turned to mash potato because of the sun and serious amount of pinoin rollings, some as big as a meter, and just before the apron begins, in the choke area, it started wet ball avalanching down the icy section on the skiiers right. But the views were unbelievable 😁
Possible on a snowboard? I'm a goofy footer.
for sure. More important is avalanche and safety awareness
how was the hike up, how long did it take you?
Tom Dixon long time. We had to break trail the whole way knew to waist deep. 4 hours range with a stop halfway to watch weather clear out.
Sean Regan. I was figuring 4-5. . That's a lot of work!
Part 2: The Road from the bottom ruclips.net/video/I4cnEBmrH9A/видео.html
Music? Who is this?
+Rodrigo Vicencio First is The Orientalist Islamatronic Cantillation The 2nd is Shanghai Reggae Karaoke Mouse
+Sean Regan Thanks! Great video!
looking for trouble...
the first two minutes are awful, get to the skiing already
you can skip the video dipshit
Yea, the first 2 hours of the hike were rough too