The Duchess

Steep, complex, daunting, this route is most certainly one of the King lines in Tuckerman Ravine. Best accessed by climbing Hillman’s and walking over to skiers left. Duchess begins with a hanging snowfield above a blind roll. Ski in and descent towards a bush island in the center, from here you have two options. Traverse high and right for a bushy adventure into a clean exit gully, or ski more naturally fall line to a construction, sporting a small mandatory hop in thin conditions. Both options join a steep, high walled gully to finish. Ski out the lower snowfields and bushwhack back to the exit of Hillman’s or the Sherb.