Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Dana Couloir

I was really into snow and ice couloirs back in the 90’s. The guidebooks were all over the place with their ratings and estimates of steepness, so I made up my own rating system. I actually measured the slope of most of the couloirs I climbed. Each climb got a score based on slope, length, and whether there was a bergschrund. I won’t bore you with my complicated calculations, but I gave 34 couloirs scores from 40 to 171. The Dana Couloir was in 31st place with a score of 44.