Hourglass Chute

Hourglass is a ski line that comes straight off the summit down the east face where a steep snow slope funnels into a couloir before opening back up onto a moderate snow slope. As a climb it’s ~200-300ft long and a sustained 45 degrees, best done in March or April at dawn after a hard refreeze. Avoid climbing it on a powder day - both to stay out of skier traffic and avy risk.

2-star climb but 4-star position. Needs minimum ~3ft at the snowstake to fill in.

The easiest way is to take the Profanity trail to roughly 4100ft, then traverse right (north) under the east face of the Chin along the bottom of a rock face for ~400ft until you come to the lower fan snow slope. You could also schwack south from LT but found that terrain more complex to navigate.

1 axe (+ a tool if firm)