Home › Forums › Splitboard Talk Forum › Going to ride Gannett Peak!
- This topic is empty.
- AuthorPosts
- May 27, 2008 at 2:49 pm #570127
Wyomingsplit_rideParticipantHey gang. I have been digging on all of the sweet trip reports lately. You all have been keeping me sane. I have been super busy this spring trying to finish up my cabin with subfloor, plumbing, and hardwood floors, hence no riding for me but that is about to change!
A crew of us are heading to Wyoming’s highest summit and one of the most challenging highpoints in the lower 48, Gannett Peak, this next week. Backcountry.com was super kind to sponsor the trip and got the kind gear into our packs! Thank you! I will be posting on backcountry.com’s blog for this trip. For more go to: http://backcountryblog.blogspot.com/ “Gearing Up for the Top of Wyoming”
Be sure to check this blog and look for what I hope to be a successful and stellar trip report on our arrival! Wish there was another splitter going to add to the sweet vibe.
Peace~WSR
May 27, 2008 at 3:04 pm #606117HikeforTurnsParticipantGood luck wyo-split! This has been a dream trip of mine too. Cant wait for the TR!
May 27, 2008 at 3:07 pm #606118EcobradParticipantRight on Wyosplit! Your stoked. 14 mile approach, holy shit. I hope you’ve been getting in some trail runs and bike rides in between being a teacher, husband, father, and carpenter. Let us sb.comers know if there’s anything we can do to help!
May 27, 2008 at 3:14 pm #606119Wyomingsplit_rideParticipantThanks guys! I have been riding the mountain bike a ton and working hard at the ranch at 8400 feet. I have just been missing that feeling when making turns down a mountain. A weeks worth of quality will correct that problem in no time. The mountains are waiting!
May 27, 2008 at 3:43 pm #606120ShepParticipantDo you already have a specific face/route picked out that you guys expect to hit? I had been planning a Gannett climb this summer, but it looks like it’s going to fall through due to work schedule… /:(
Shep
May 27, 2008 at 3:48 pm #606121Wyomingsplit_rideParticipantShep-We are thinking about one group skiing Dinwoody/Gooseneck route and one group riding the North Face. It will all depend on avalanche conditions and weather at this point, but that is the plan.
May 27, 2008 at 7:52 pm #606122TEXParticipantGood Luck J. You guys should have a killer time. Make sure you take some moleskin…..your gonna need it after that approach
May 28, 2008 at 4:28 am #606123brgParticipantwysplit, good luck with it. I was looking at skiing gannet about a month ago but my weather/work window faded. What route are you going in from, I think its upwards of 20 miles through titcomb and the glacier route I think is 24 miles. I hope he trip goes well, lighten that pack up as much as possible.
May 28, 2008 at 2:13 pm #606124Wyomingsplit_rideParticipant@brg wrote:
wysplit, good luck with it. I was looking at skiing gannet about a month ago but my weather/work window faded. What route are you going in from, I think its upwards of 20 miles through titcomb and the glacier route I think is 24 miles. I hope he trip goes well, lighten that pack up as much as possible.
BRG-Thanks, we are headed through the Wind River Indian Reservation, and paying an Indian guide to take us to the Cold Springs trailhead near Crowheart. It is only 14 miles to Gannett from this trailhead, but you pay to play. It would be like paying three to four days worth of lift tickets and takes a whole lotta mileage off. No need to spend four days of walking and three of riding.
May 28, 2008 at 2:40 pm #606125SanFrantasticoParticipantSounds like a great trip! I hope you guys top out and find excellent snow on the ride down.
Putting the poo in swimming pool since 1968.
May 28, 2008 at 3:09 pm #606126bcriderParticipantSo you’re not going to post a version of the TR here or other places you post like TGR? Trading gear for exclusive rights to your TRs…I should have thought of that! š
Stoked for you regardless of the politics. Enjoy, be safe, and show the silly skiers what splitters are made of. 8)
May 29, 2008 at 4:12 am #606127Wyomingsplit_rideParticipant@bcrider wrote:
So you’re not going to post a version of the TR here or other places you post like TGR? Trading gear for exclusive rights to your TRs…I should have thought of that! š
Stoked for you regardless of the politics. Enjoy, be safe, and show the silly skiers what splitters are made of. 8)
I am definitely going to post trip reports here and elsewhere without a doubt. If they want photos I will not be able to post those, but the rest is up for the boards.
May 29, 2008 at 11:18 am #606128lewmtParticipantGonna be a hell of a trip – especially with the latest storm that went through. Not sure how it went down in the Winds but up here it was the most consolidated well-bonded snow which would cover up the scab-makers & set-up your opportunities to near perfect – hopefully.
Have a great trip J
May 30, 2008 at 12:04 am #606129powderjunkieParticipantI’d say Good Luck, but you’ve got a strong team so I’ll say, Have fun, be safe, and hope you find good conditions.
May 31, 2008 at 4:29 am #606130spicoli11ParticipantI was talking about meeting up in the winds with a buddy from CO today….what a sweet place….represent the shred!
June 9, 2008 at 3:39 am #60613196avs01ParticipantGood luck! I hope to hit Gannett next year, but not with my split š
165 Venture Divide/Spark Frankenburners/La Sportiva Spantiks
163W Jones Solution/Phantom Alphas/Dynafit TLT5s
162 FurbergJune 10, 2008 at 12:41 am #606132cliffhuckerParticipantgood luck, I’m hoping to go ski it in July, I didn’t know you needed an indian guide to take the crowheart trail, is it nessesary? Gio get em
June 10, 2008 at 2:23 pm #606133ShepParticipantIt’s only necessary if you don’t want to get arrested for trespassing. š Seriously though, the elkhart park trailhead is the closest trailhead for self-shuttle. Approaching from the east side, which WSR plans to do, is much shorter, but requires a member of the tribe to drive you across the reservation to the trailhead.
- AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.