That’s cool Jayson, I like all the different names for these peaks. That unnamed line is caked right now, just need some stability and clear weather…

Sweet, looks like a really fun day out with lots of good skiing. Let me know when you go for your “unnamed peak” I’ve always eyed that one too 😉 .

When I worked for Outward Bound out of Marble, back in the day, old maps from the school dating back to 1961 (1st OB school in US) named those peaks your calling “Blob” and “Ant” after some of the original mountaineers and founders of the school, namely “Joe Nold Peak” & “Tap Tapley Peak” with that whole area being known as “Lightning Strike Ridge”….some old timers still call me that…….obviously not official….but just some ol mountain history for your archives from folks admiring these same peaks and climbs 50+ years ago….

-Jayson

Hi Honesty, thanks for your comment. Honesty is a good word- dishonest would have been to leave that photo out. I considered trying to explain the photo within the TR, but I was hoping some one would comment, and you did. I find that it’s hard to get the full story from a photo, especially one zoomed in like the one you are referring to. You might notice, however, that the wet sloughs we started quickly stopped- that’s due to the low slope angle. Also, Brittany’s next turn was a traverse to the looker’s right onto the more SW exposure 20′ away- an exposure which was still frozen solid and safe- though not as much fun to ski as the wet stuff on the East. In other words, the danger was really quite minimal.

That looks way too wet and dangerous. The two tracks to the left are right below a big cornice, too, right? Wow. That’s just silly. Glad you got out safely. Looks like a fun day.