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Where Is This OS BC?

Discussion in 'Backcountry' started by Untele-whippet, May 2, 2018.

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  1. Untele-whippet

    Untele-whippet beard stroker Ski Pass: Gold

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    I thought after @Slowman posted an unOz BC pic in the “Where is this” thread, maybe a OS BC thread could be entertaining and also I think some who post here may have been to amazing places and taken some inspiring photos.

    Blister city!
     
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  2. Fozzie Bear

    Fozzie Bear One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    ^^ Can be avoided with a helicopter ride....... Un Zud?
     
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  3. Untele-whippet

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    Yes and yes
     
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  4. Fozzie Bear

    Fozzie Bear One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    Eastern side of the watershed? Southern most big island. Bum end of Tasman Glacier?
     
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  5. Untele-whippet

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    Eastern side
     
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  6. Untele-whippet

    Untele-whippet beard stroker Ski Pass: Gold

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    It leads to this
     
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  7. Fozzie Bear

    Fozzie Bear One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    Reckon @Red_switch would have a fair idea where.... pretty much his work place. I've probably flown over it......
     
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  8. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    Godley?
     
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  9. Untele-whippet

    Untele-whippet beard stroker Ski Pass: Gold

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    Yes. Over to you.
     
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    Tanuki Part of the Furniture Ski Pass: Gold

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    Good thread, we also need a domestic 'where is this' for Oz that is not backcountry.
     
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  11. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    A lot of the pics I have handy are pretty obscure (that's a clue in itself potentially...), but here goes:
    [​IMG]

    If you can pick the mountain range, you're probably doing alright.
     
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  12. Untele-whippet

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    NFI, stab in the dark.
    Remarkables?
     
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  13. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    Not tooooo far away ;)
     
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  14. Telestrom

    Telestrom A Local

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    Doolans?
     
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  15. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    Nope. Wrong range. But the right one isn't toooo far away.
     
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  16. Untele-whippet

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    Toooo Thumbs?
     
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  17. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    wrong direction
     
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    Scrap One of Us Ski Pass: Silver

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    Pisa
     
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  19. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    Still in the wrong direction from remarks
     
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  20. Untele-whippet

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    Darren’s?
     
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  21. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    too far the other way now.
     
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  23. Fozzie Bear

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    Seem to recall that @Red_switch has been to the other Great Southern Land.......
     
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  24. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    I like your thinking, but too far back the other way.
     
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    Slowman One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    Craigieburns?
     
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  26. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    South!!!
     
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  27. Heinz

    Heinz Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: Gold

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    Hector mts?
     
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  28. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    Getting warmer
     
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    Heinz Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: Gold

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    Carrick range?
     
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  30. Rabid K9

    Rabid K9 A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    Why did this thread take so long to evolve? Not much gets me more excited than poring over distant mountain ranges topos.

    Eyre Mountains?
     
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  31. oreo

    oreo One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    Too hard... Richardson mountains?
     
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  32. piolet

    piolet Better make it three Ski Pass: Gold

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    I think it's been tried
    Ends up being too easy or too obscure
     
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  34. dailyxe

    dailyxe First Runs

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    Yes :D
     
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    Too hard :eek:
     
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  36. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    Ding ding ding, you got it. Busy day here so took me a while to see it!

    Western slopes of Jane Peak in the Eyre Mountains. Beaut spot. Don't tell anyone.
     
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  37. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    If you can find me terrain like that in the Carrick Range, I will post up permanently in Bannockburn.
     
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  38. Heinz

    Heinz Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: Gold

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    I did actually have a heli day down in the Eyre range back in 1996. Mt Dick & Symmetry peaks according to my notes. Wanaka region was under cloud cover that day so we headed down that way and had some nice spring conditions, even though it was mid August.
     
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  39. Red_switch

    Red_switch Old n' Crusty Ski Pass: 30 Day

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    The Eyre mountains often have the lowest snow line in the country. Some big terrain in there, including NZ's longest water ice climbing route.
     
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  40. Rabid K9

    Rabid K9 A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    Process of elimination.

    Heinz had worked through a few of the candidates.
     
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    Rabid K9 A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    Few weeks ago, afternoon stroll during 'the Bear.'

     
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  42. Untele-whippet

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    Europe
    Italy?
     
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  43. Kletterer

    Kletterer Thredbo Doughnut Tragic Moderator

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    Heiligenblut ?
     
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  44. Rabid K9

    Rabid K9 A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    Yes.

    No.

    No.
     
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  45. Slowman

    Slowman One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    French alps?
     
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  46. Rabid K9

    Rabid K9 A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    No. But could starve here as well.
     
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  47. GS

    GS Part of the Furniture Ski Pass: Gold

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  48. Slowman

    Slowman One of Us Ski Pass: Gold

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    Pyrenees with UnSpanish food?
     
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  50. Rabid K9

    Rabid K9 A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    Yes. Anywhere more specific than the Otzal?
     
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