Incredible Hulk

This day had a bit more bs than anticipated but what a great line - definitely need to come back to this area to ski the other lines in the Twin Lakes area.

incredible-hulk-1.jpg Skinning through the marshes with the snow still low as 7400’ish albeit a little suncupped


incredible-hulk-2.jpg Now entering the drainage looking towards Ice Lake Pass with the jagged Kettle Peak


incredible-hulk-3.jpg The Incredible Hulk - we’d be ascending and descending the left couloir


incredible-hulk-4.jpg Kettle Peak again with its couloirs a bit obscured


incredible-hulk-5.jpg Top of the line waiting for the corn that never quite came with the funky weather and clouds


incredible-hulk-6.jpg Dropping off the opposite SE side looks fun as well, would be fun to link up next time


incredible-hulk-7.jpg Looking down the line; it started lightly snowing on our way down


incredible-hulk-8.jpg Skiing down was a bit engaging with the inconsistent snow and firmer snow conditions, and also seeing the rocky runout


incredible-hulk-9.jpg A bit circuitous getting back to the Robinson Creek Trail with all of the marshes and streams opening up.


Notes

  • This was probably ~11 miles and 4500’ of vertical gain in around 7 ½ hours.
  • We definitely should have done more research because we thought it was very simple topographically (and it was - you just have to cross Robinson Creek strategically; we crossed both too early and late).
  • Would be fun to ski Kettle, Hulk Right, and the Matterhorn couloirs from the Twin Lakes campground, which is just a glorified RV park. There is some redtape to do anything in this area I believe.