Slot Couloir -Map/Aerial Pcs

Ok, great info, thanks - now we're on to something. If you look at the picture on pg 66 of volken's guide - down and to the right of the Slot where it meets the ridgeline you'll see an "s" shaped snow finger (well, really an "s" with a tail) that if skied would dump into the Not Slot about 3/4 of the way up, and pretty close to the start of the rock climbing on NY gully. It looks like it connects the ridgeline and the larger chute, the Not Slot. I think the rock in between the "S" chute and the Slot is the climb the New York Gully (which indeed is a class 5 rock/ice climb) as photomatt indicates. <br><br>I've stood above this "s" and wondered if it would go. Maybe I'll have to climb up it sometime.

<br>Of course, only if I had rocks in my head. he-he

Furthermore, I hear the remarkable thing about New York Gully is the sustained difficulty.  It is a bit relentless, it's not like you make that 5.8 move and then snow slog the rest of the way.  <br><br>Maybe it would be a better way to approach Slot Couloir.  Let's go climb it Paul!

<br>Let's go check it our, probably been too warm lately. <br>

The Not Slot has a trickier entrance and is shorter and not nearly as aesthetic.

<br><br>Alpentrol, is this the entrance you're referring to?<br> homepage.mac.com/mpobrien/slot1.jpg
This is just down the ridge from the real Slot, it looks to me like the start of the "S" that MW88888888 is talking about. Then there is the "UltraSlot", the next thing down the ridge, where you would have to make about 3 turns then straightline about a 10 ft. wide hole between the rocks dropping off into who knows what . . .

gregL<br><br>The entrance I was talking about for the "not slot" is the later, below and further down the ridge than the S-shaped entrance. It looks like both funnel into the same overall chute. When I skied this chute there was a bit more snow than now (99) and although awkward was not a big deal, relatively speaking, a few rocks and a small drop....<br><br>Again, it is not nearly as classic or noteworthy as the slot itself.