Mike.Records
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I'm sure as hell itching for ski season, so I figured its about time to post up my best stoke from last winter in Colorado and Alaska. Click the links to check out the full TR from each adventure.
Even with minimal snow, last season was so so so FUN, here's to another memory filled season with friends new and old!
The touring season got off to a bit of a late start, but by the beginning of November Saint Mary's had a creamy coat of new snow:
A week later our early season zones were filling in:
Yep, that was fun!
Around the middle of November I moved down to Crested Butte for the winter. Things were a bit firm:
But, on November 19th, two inches in town meant snorkeling up high:
Not to say that the snow was building up around town:
Even the Front Range had some fun skiing:
December brought some small pillows and more pow:
Colorado dried out for a while, but exploring new zones meant life was good:
By January, even the northern mountains were beginning to look like winter:
In early January we went to Wolf Creek Pass, it hadn't snowed in three weeks, and it was awesome:
Looking back on the early season:
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Wolf Creek Pass was so good that we went back...which got off to a bit of a rough start after Nick's sled died:
9 miles from the trailhead...
Our luck quickly improved:
Nick and I practiced our tandem pow slaying:
Then it started snowing, and the avy danger shot up, so we built little jumps:
and medium sized ones:
And, big ones:
Did more exploring:
Started the long road of learning how to sled:
Not to say there wasn't skiing to be had:
In March the snowpack started to stabilize, more touring was had:
It also felt quite a bit like spring:
To be continued...
Even with minimal snow, last season was so so so FUN, here's to another memory filled season with friends new and old!
The touring season got off to a bit of a late start, but by the beginning of November Saint Mary's had a creamy coat of new snow:
A week later our early season zones were filling in:
Yep, that was fun!
Around the middle of November I moved down to Crested Butte for the winter. Things were a bit firm:
But, on November 19th, two inches in town meant snorkeling up high:
Not to say that the snow was building up around town:
Even the Front Range had some fun skiing:
December brought some small pillows and more pow:
Colorado dried out for a while, but exploring new zones meant life was good:
By January, even the northern mountains were beginning to look like winter:
In early January we went to Wolf Creek Pass, it hadn't snowed in three weeks, and it was awesome:
Looking back on the early season:
/images/flash_video_placeholder.png
Wolf Creek Pass was so good that we went back...which got off to a bit of a rough start after Nick's sled died:
9 miles from the trailhead...
Our luck quickly improved:
Nick and I practiced our tandem pow slaying:
Then it started snowing, and the avy danger shot up, so we built little jumps:
and medium sized ones:
And, big ones:
Did more exploring:
Started the long road of learning how to sled:
Not to say there wasn't skiing to be had:
In March the snowpack started to stabilize, more touring was had:
It also felt quite a bit like spring:
To be continued...
