Algonquin Slides

[Blacklab2020]

I posted this on Views... but I think it is much more appropriate here, so I have finally joined the site where I belong ... in the daks.

I am looking for beta on the Algonquin slides, particularly the new one that formed in '99. I know there is a small one on the northeast and then a larger one near the trail that descends to lake colden on the south side.

Has anyone climbed it or heard anything about it?

~Justin

[Neil]

Blacklab, you're our 250th member! For your prize you get to high-point North Dakota, at your own expense.

For the slide on Algonquin, Qam1's the man to chime in. Also, on his website he has THE LIST of slides in the Dacks. When were you planning on doing it?

[Mavs00]

Looks like a couple options there, here is the north side of the range.

http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/albums1/lpp/DCP_4223.sized.jpg

to get closer, go -HERE- (http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/gallery/lpp/DCP_4223) (double click the pic and it gets huge)

[Blacklab2020]

Blacklab, you're our 250th member! For your prize you get to high-point North Dakota, at your own expense.

For the slide on Algonquin, Qam1's the man to chime in. Also, on his website he has THE LIST of slides in the Dacks. When were you planning on doing it?

Ha Ha Ha... Thats great neil... North Dakota aint a bad state either... its got the needles in the black hills for some great climbing. And I think the high point is the highest in the lower forty eight east of the rockies at ... Oh crap thats South Dakota... aww man... and I was getting all excited to head west for a second.

For the record: The high point of North Dakota is White Butte @ 3507 ft.

Thanks Mavs for the great pic from the North. We were originally looking to do it from the South. Although with all those slides and the fact that I cant stop staring at that picture, the plans might change. I will certainly keep the North side in mind.

Neil: Depending on snow conditions, we are looking to do it most likely on Jan 5th with alternatives as the 4th or the 6th. The initial plans were to head up the southeast ravine where the tributary comes in on the west side of caribou pass. A possible back up if we dont do alqonquin might be the slide on Wright. If you're interested your more than welcome to join us.

Cheers to 250 & White Butte: :drink:
~Justin

[qam1]

The Slide your thinking of is the Zero Slide which was caused by Hurricane Floyd on 9/17/99

Here's a picture of it (http://alavigne.net/newHomePage/Outdoors/FeatureReports/Adirondacks/HighPeaksImages/SlideShowData/DSC06461_regular.jpg) *

My guess is it is Here (http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4888056&e=581372&size=s&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25)

It looks nice and not too difficult to get to so I'm surprised it hasn't been attempted by a lot of people, though it's rather low so it must be a real nightmare to get to the summit from there.

To the Left/South West on the other side of the "hump" of the Zero slide and showing up as a large pink area on the map is the Fuzzy Slide. It's very grown in and I'm not sure you can still count it as a "true" slide anymore but it still might be worth a look especially considering it's close to the trail

The Slide on the North/Northeast side seen from Wright, It looks impressive in James Burnside's book but the picture was taken in the 1970's or 1980's and it has long grown in and is probably not worth it anymore.

The slides on the western side in Mavs picture, The one that heads up towards to col between Algonquin & Boundary then 2 branches curve toward the summit (Directly below the word "North" and above the words "pic and" - at least on my monitor), that one is there. The others I'm not sure about, snow has a way of making it appear there's a slide when there's not. When making my slide list (http://members.aol.com/qam1/slides.htm) I've seen many pictures of what I thought were slides in winter pictures but when you look at photos of the same location (or actually go there) in the spring/summer they're not there. The way the mountain folds could cause less sunlight and thus the snow melts slower than the areas surronding it making it look like there's a slide when there's not.

* Credit for the pic given to Andrew's Adirondack Webpage (http://alavigne.net/newHomePage/index.jsp) -- I only have pre-Floyd before shots
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[Affix Snow]

In Mavs pic, those long ones are stream gullies and are apparently pretty sweet to ski.....they drop you out on the indian pass trail.

[Mavs00]

Here is another shot of the Zero Slide

http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/albums1/colden/200208231902500_G_001.sized.jpg

Once again, you can zoom real close by going -HERE- (http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/gallery/colden/200208231902500_G_001) and clicking the image.

Personally, I'm not real attracted to this slide, as it looks real ugly above it and you'd likely be miserable pushing though tons of steep krumholtz terrain long before you summit.

The stream basin slides/drainages located on the north side of the range (in my first photo) look way more attractive, to me anyway.

[WalksWithBlackflies]

"Personally, I'm not real attracted to this slide, as it looks real ugly above it and you'd likely be miserable pushing though tons of steep krumholtz terrain long before you summit"

I agree with Mavs. I looked at this slide in detail from Colden, and the cripplebrush above the slide just looked plain nasty.

[Blacklab2020]

In agreement on this end.. we might be looking to the north or even to another peak. Although I have found a chute above Zero leaving the upper right slide and heading left over the ridge... it only appears in the winter shots, its is narrow, but may be decieving.

Thanks for all the pics & advice.