Gray Wolf South Couloir

I met Carey and Nathan at 5.45 where we ported gear and people to one truck, then set off. My 7 we were geared up and hiking a series of old roads to a decent trail, which led us uphill and into a lot of downfall. At the two-hour mark we encountered continuous snow, which we followed over a prominent ridge and into the basin below the two Riddell lakes. This basin rose and narrowed and steepened. We attached skis to our packs and donned crampons and ice axes for the one-hour push up the main body of the couloir. The summit was airy and exposed, but luckily nearly windless. The west couloir dropped away at a frightening pitch.