Great Gulf Adventures - Solo Ski Mountaineering on Rare Mount Washington Lines

[@northwoodsrat6686]

What incredible snow and weather conditions you were blessed with! As a retired NE climber and skier, I can almost promise you that you'll be savoring the golden memories of this day for the rest of your life, and doing so even more fondly with every passing decade, for the stoke never dies! 😛🤩 Nicely done, man! 💪⛏

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Love to hear it 🤘

[@dwdboardz1030]

You deserve way more followers.

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Thank you !

[@julianleeds975]

Damn I kinda wanna come out east one of theses days

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Dude we’ve got an awesome ski mountaineering scene and a similar snowpack to the Sierra. Obviously not nearly as much terrain, but I’ve been cracking away at the guidebook intentionally and still haven’t got em all so there’s plenty !

[@danieldbattin]

Awesome skiing! The rappel over the bulge was the most impressive. You have some real mountaineering skills.

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Thank you! That’s kinda the idea with this whole project, to show that with a little rope work and mountaineering knowledge, the whole range is skiable. Used similar tactics with Shoestring and Damnation

[@GetUpTheMountains]

@@extreme_ryan_delena I too was impressed. Had me at full pucker, bud!

[@ColinBeatty-dk7tm]

That was so sick

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Thank you !

[@e.solano3963]

Yummy. That was delicious!

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Shnakkk

[@preilly96]

Awesome great effort

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Thank you !

[@GetUpTheMountains]

Nice! The Gulf is in! lol You think you'll be able to get those last 4 this season?

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

Thank you! I think I’ve got all I can get for the season. I have 4 lines left on the North side of the range, 7 total. Currently all of them are melted out except for Stovepipe, which I’m saving. Middle Sister might still be skiable but I know I can get that line in better conditione

[@GetUpTheMountains]

@@extreme_ryan_delena Right on. I had to end up waiting till next season to finish the Winter48 list, just ran out of time. No sweat, them mountains ain't goin anywhere!

[@extreme_ryan_delena]

@@GetUpTheMountains Hell yeah. And most of the big cruxes are complete (thank you winter 2023). So I’ve got time!