- Source: List of ski descents in North America
This is a list of ski descents in North America which are notable as first descents or otherwise.
It includes a number of ski descents covered in Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America, a book published by Capitol Peak Publishing in 2010. The book was edited by Chris Davenport, Art Burrows, and Penn Newhard, with significant contributions from mountaineers who skied many of the listed descents. Contributors included Jimmy Chin, Pete Costain, Lou Dawson, Kristoffer Erickson, Lorne Glick, Greg Hill, Andrew McLean, Hilaree O'Neill, Eric Pehota, Glen Plake, Kevin Quinn, Chic Scott, Lowell Skoog, Ptor Spricenieks, Mark Synnott, and Jon Walsh.
The list of 50 ski descents has become a challenge for some. Two mountaineers, at least, have worked ahead towards skiing all of these, but have made a point to call it folly, if they were to ignore safety considerations merely to bag another descent on the list. The corresponding term peak bagging, about quests to ascend all mountains in a defined set, is likewise pejorative.
Canada
= Eastern Canada
=Polar Star Couloir, Mount Beluga, Baffin Island
= Columbia Mountains/Rockies
=Mount Robson/Yuh Hai Has Kun, North Face, BC
Aemmer Couloir, Mount Temple, AB
Mount Columbia, Southeast Face, AB
Skyladder, Mount Andromeda, BC
Comstock Couloir, Mount Dawson, BC
Seven Steps to Paradise, Youngs Peak, BC
Rogers/Swiss Peaks, Uber Tour, BC
Rogers Pass to Bugaboos Traverse, BC
= Canada Coast Mountains
=Combatant Couloir, Mount Combatant
Mount Currie, Pencil and Central Couloirs
Joffre Peak, Northwest Face
Spearhead Traverse, Whistler
United States
= Eastern U.S.
=Tuckerman Ravine, Mount Washington, NH
Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, NH
= Colorado
=Landry Line, Pyramid Peak
North Maroon Peak, North Face
Cross Couloir, Mount of the Holy Cross
Wilson Peak, Northeast Face
Silver Couloir, Buffalo Mountain
= Utah
=Mount Superior, South Face
Hypodermic Needle, Thunder Peak
Cold Fusion, Mount Timpanogos
Mount Tukuhnikivatz, La Sals
= Wyoming
=Ford-Stettner Couloir, Grand Teton
The Skillet, Mount Moran
East Face Glacier Route, Middle Teton
= Idaho/Montana
=The Sickle, Horstmann Peak, ID
Devil's Bedstead, North Face, ID
Castle Peak, South Face, ID
North Couloir, McGowan Peak, ID
Mount Stimson, Southwest Face, MT
The Patriarch, Glacier Peak, MT
= California/Nevada
=Mount Whitney, Mountaineer's Route, CA
Stair Steps Couloir, Mount Williamson, CA
Split Couloir, Split Mountain, CA
Bloody Couloir, Bloody Mountain, CA
Mount Shasta, Avalanche Gulch, CA
Terminal Cancer Couloir, Ruby Mountains, NV
= Pacific Northwest
=Northwest Route, Mount Shuksan, WA
Watson's Traverse, Mount Baker, WA
Fuhrer Finger, Mount Rainier, WA
Newton-Clark Headwall, Mount Hood, OR
Eldorado Peak, Eldorado Glacier, WA
= Alaska
=University Peak, South Face
Mira Face, Mount Saint Elias
Pontoon Peak, Southeast Ridge
The Sphinx, Southeast Ridge
The Ramp, Meteorite Mountain
Messner Couloir, Denali
Mexico
Pico de Orizaba, 3rd tallest mountain in North America, Veracruz/Puebla
See also
List of ski descents of Eight-Thousanders (mountains over 26,000 feet)
References
External links
Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America, official webpage