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Video: Skiing Irene’s Couloir on Disappointment Peak

by randosteve May 5th, 2009

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1 Ryan May 5th, 2009 at 11:31 am

Cool footage, looks like fun!
2 AK May 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Nice, Steve! Isn’t that also called the Southwest Couloir? I’ve never heard it called Irene’s before… I’d like to ski it but descending it in the summer from Irene’s Arete is no fun.
3 randosteve May 5th, 2009 at 12:39 pm

Well…I think both Irene’s AND Southwest Couloir are fitting. Don’t you?
4 AK May 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

I do… in fact I like the name Irene’s better. Just curious.
5 LesArcsUnderground May 6th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Same stupid question as I already asked couple of months ago, but what are the skis you are on for this descent? Just curious of the width as matter of fact.

Thanks & happy skiing!
6 randosteve May 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

I’m using 180cm Black Diamond Verdicts. I find anytime the snow gets a bit soft…I really jones for a fatter ski like the Verdict…a opposed to the Kilowatt.
7 gringo May 6th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

your repeated liberties with coulior names is more than disconcerting. who do you think you are man?

feel free to name something if you tag it first, but proactively changing an existing name is douchebaggery at its finest…or worst as it were.
8 randosteve May 6th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Whatever Gringo.

I’ve heard it called Irene’s by numerous skiers…maybe not as many climbers. Maybe it’s the “skier’s name”. Honestly, most skiers I talk to are like…”what’s that thing”. Personally I think Irene’s Couloir makes more sense than Southwest Couloir anyway, since there are numerous couloirs on the south side of Disappointment Peak. Kind of like Bubble Fun is to North Couloir Left…right?

Okay, okay…you’re right…Irene’s Descent Couloir would have been better. Come on Gringo…get over it!
9 gringo May 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

perhaps the skiers name has merit…but `Koch`s coulior` is just wrong.
10 randosteve May 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Man…that one is in the book. Funny though…my friends and I sometimes refer to it as Shea’s Couloir…because of Steve Shea’s footage of skiing it in the movie Fall Line…which is also referred to in Tom Turiano’s, Teton Skiing.