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I was thinking of doing a trip I’ve wanted to get done for a while, heading up the Ice River to ski the east face of Mt Vaux down the Hanbury Glacier, but as my weekend drew closer, the weather didn’t look good enough to commit so much time and energy on the full day approach. But the seed was planted, Vaux was on the mind. I looked at this old shot I had of Vaux’s south couloir on the SW ridge, but dismissed it as I didn’t have anything current on its condition, and couldn’t get out to grab a shot in daylight without wasting a day, the last day before the weather came in. But on my last work shift, something just clicked and none of that mattered anymore. Given the long lasting avalanche problem we’re about to have on these facets and the super-solar aspect of the couloir and amount of real estate that funnels into it, I thought this could well be the last chance at it this year.<\/p>\n
I ran home and cobbled my gear together, packing extra heavy due to the amount of unknowns. Rope, v-thread kit, rock pro, and planned to bring a 2×4 for a rappelling off a deadman anchor, the latter of which I forgot. I felt confident that I could get a good idea of the top third of the line from the high perch at the top, due to the steepness ramping up at the top, and also felt fine with the bottom third near the creek, which showed up nicely on Google Earth. The only thing that bothered me, and was out of my shots from the SE (Chancellor) was what exactly was going on in the mid section, next to a large cliff on the ridge that closed in the couloir. I had a shot from the SW (on the Beaverfoot FSR) from late May ’14 that showed it clean, but May on steeps in the Rockies is unbelievably fat in comparison to most of the winter. In any case, I didn’t trust what I saw, and skepticism can be good for your health.<\/p>\n