Duffey Mt. Rohr

words and photos by Sharon Bader and Lee Lau unless otherwise noted.


Alpha Lee had his heart set on skiing the avalanche chutes off Rohr for awhile now. It didn’t help that a couple of friends of ours already skied it last November. With the avalanche warnings of the weekend and the known facet layer. What could possibly go wrong?


Getting ready to go.

Photo by Jimmy Meldrum


Rohr Chutes

Photo by Jimmy Meldrum


Skiing up the ridge

Photo by Jimmy Meldrum


As we got higher the facet layer became more of an issue. Lee and Jimmy making there way through one crux.

Photo by Jimmy Meldrum


Getting into the open

Photo by Jimmy Meldrum


Gavan our other splitboarder persists!

He spent about 20 minutes betting up the skin section above with Lee and Jimmy


Digging a pit at 2000m which showed a weak facet layer that was not bonding well to the latest storm snow so no steep slopes today.


View of Cayoosh across the valley


Jimmy skiing up

Photo by Tyler Wilkes


Lee with Cerise creek in the back

Photo by Tyler Wilkes


View across to Joffre


Wider view with the new run off Pascal


Heading up Rohr Ridge


Coming around the ridge

Tele Little Splitter TELE!


Mariot basin in the back of Rohr


Splitter bonding in the Duffy!


Lee and Sharon getting ready to ski or something.

Photo by Jimmy Meldrum


Skiing down to the backside of Rohr

Jimmy


Gavan


Our route


Not the best ski out. Few cliffs to navigate


Map of our route


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