it’s true! these conditions would be awesome if it were november, and not unheard of for october. unfortunately it’s the beginning of february. still, rather than look a gift horse in the mouth we took full advantage of the 16-20″ that mother nature provided. friday conditions were a little sketchy so we took it pretty easy and kept it above treeline (unusually, the advisory called for higher danger near and below treeline). saturday everything had dropped to moderate or below and the snow was still phenomenal. sunday another weak storm had pulled in and with slabby conditions and limited visibility up high we moved into the trees.
here’s the video from the three days to the sounds of alt-j
enough with the nonsense and on to the pictures. friday was jeff, myself, and nacho
jeff and nacho with elephant back in the background
meadow skipping with the emphasis on skipping
it was deeeeep
and it was purdy
nacho was so happy to be back in the snow
that he jumped for joy
then took a moment to teach jeff the basics of break dancing
then we ran into pete, and took a few laps with him. he was clearly happy with the conditions
pete, meet nacho. nacho, eat pete
jeff finds another fresh line to round out the day
saturday rolled around cold and clear and looked to be an awesome day filled with promise
for nacho, it was the promise of hunting wabbits
i was chasing something else
i would crash and burn in the pursuit. that didn’t matter i found what i wanted anyway
ashley found it too
nacho’s in the cloud too
jeff was on deck and ready to drop
sometimes you have to dig deep to find what you want
then ashley found something else, her very first avalanche
she was undeterred
time to leave and head to work, our exit strategy was a good one
super bowl sunday arrived with clouds and the chance for more snow. ashley had a different super bowl in mind and chad was coming from santa cruz so we were committed to head out.
the conditions were not awesome
after two laps above treeline we opted to hit some tress which held good snow, but lots of tracks as well.
we were able to find some well protected fresh lines
ashley swimming among the sharks
with marvin at her side
chad jumps over the sharks
next we happened upon an abandoned kicker
and then headed up for one more run
again, the fresh lines were well protected. me
chad
chad from ashley’s view
