After an unusually long stretch of high pressure, it finally snowed. And with the arrival of the storm that broke the six-week sunny pattern, Christy, Joey, and I headed up to a favorite spot by Ashcroft on Saturday and found the skiing to be really good.
The four-day snow cycle dropped twenty inches on the ski areas when it was all over. And just like that, it was winter again.
Our first backcountry ski tour after a big storm cycle
After you leave Lindley Hut you skin through some willows in the base of Cooper Creek. Eventually you'll climb up on the south side of Cooper Creek and get out of the streambed. When you get higher you'll rejoin the creek and then it's easier travel to Mace Saddle. Cresting Mace Saddle, the high point of the loop around[...]
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Fry
Love the Joey-stoke:) Great shots as always, Ted.
I wonder if Joey realizes just how much internet exposure he has. Probably not.
Christy
I love the Joey stoke too! Nice Kastle shot too! Kfry – you might have to join this team again soon 🙂
KP
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There’s an emoticon for that. Maybe you’re not that type of commenter.
You would have had fun up there.
We met in Aspen in 2000 and have been happily stuck in the rockies ever since, getting out in the mountains every day we can, in every season and by all means possible. Read More
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