Airplane Gully

A really great line, one of the classics for sure. Airplane Gully is one of the most reliable routes in the range and can often be skied well into May. The name comes from a plane crash that occurred here in 1990. Old timers will tell you about picking up $100 bills from the crash site only to have them confiscated by rangers. Skin The Cog to just above Jacob’s ladder and break left to the ridge. Airplane Gully has a number of variations, but the skiers left entrances is the widest and easiest entrance. A cornice can often guard the top. Drop in and ski 40 degree turns to a constriction. Exit the rock walls into a long runout. This gets skinnier as you descend and gradually decreases in angle until you are just above Spaulding Lake. Your best exit is to bootpack by out Airplane and ski down the Cog.