We spotted this NNE facing couloir fueling up at gas station on Foothill Drive.
We mapped our route to Apollo couloir and proceeded through new homes and no trespassing signs which used to be a path to Mt. Olympus wildernessSnotsicle beating it down the upper 1/3 of Apollo with very firm snow at 40+ degree slope. A fall would have sucked and most likely break body parts if I wiped into the cement rollerballs
Wow! after watching that video it looks pathetic but it was quite steep and scary skiing.
On the way up all the slide paths had natural wet slides avi debris piled 15' high from a natural warming cycle. Out of respect to all backcountry users we turned our transceivers to "search mode" and were glad to have not picked up a signal
Brigdonk drinking a well deserved Dale's pale ale after a 2 1/2 hour boot up
Snotsicle shralping the hard packed and recently slid lower half of the couloir. 35 degree slope angle
Brigdonk shredding Spring snow with SLC valley in the background
Snotsicle bottom right of pic enjoying the panaromic view of the SLC valley floor
