Diablo Hyperlapse Descent

Playing with hyperlapse some more.  On our cold, wet descent down Diablo.  Coming out of the clouds was pretty cool.  Should've wiped down my lenses more often.  Also, have you checked out Relive? It's a pretty sweet free service if you use Strava. 

Just finished reading "It's All About the Bike" - Rob Penn.  Which is a really cool book on bikes.  If you like bikes, and Bill Bryson-esque writing, you should pick it up. 

TR: Virginia Lakes Yurt

Had an amazing trip out to Virgina Lakes yurt with a great crew!  Kimbo and I got to go as we had the Chases and Souzas watching our kids.   Blue bird weekend after 2 weeks of non-stop stormin'

Big shout out to High Sierra Snowcat, who just opened up their second yurt BTW.

• Sat - Butter Trees
• Sun - Dawn Patrol with the boys, then HQLA with Kimbo, then up Olsen, and towards Dunderberg - 1K on Olsen, 2.5K on Dundy
• Mon - Dawn Patrol with Sena on Olsen (best turns of the trip - 1K of good turns) - started track at the top, went to yurt, then skied out to the car.  

Here's the link to the Panos and the Vid.

On our way up we crashed as Haus von FAT on Fri.  When we arrived everyone was passed out in the living room looking like this.  

Funk helped me with some P-tex work...

steady hand...

Tah-dah... don't worry the first time I put skins on half of it came out...

Glorious drive down 395

...cold...

Check out this Jeep!  These guys live up there year round!

Loadin' up!

who invited this guy?

9 am?  Time for a beer...

Other group shot

Cat with our main slopes... 

Sweet machine...

Inside the cat...

Cozy and comfy

At the yurt!

Time to start diggin'

after dropping off our gear we were off to sample the goods!  

Brit, ready to charge!

Kimbo, first time on AT gear in 3? 4 years?  

And basically the first time skiing pow.  

I didn't realize I had a HUGE hole in my only boxers.  

After doing a lap with Kimbo I caught up with the other crew who had just skied the "butter trees"

We did another lap toward that side, which was fun...

We stayed until sunset... and saw Funk & Toro coming up on Funk's snowmos.  We did a lap in the dark, then followed their lights back to the hut.  Sena and I went out for a moonlight tour as

Hut livin'

Fireworks...

steel wool

The commode..

The boys went out for a morning lap

Diggin pits...

Sena having glue issues...

back at the hut for some brekky...

And I went back out with Kimbo.  

Gorgeous... man we sure lucked out with the weather

snow covered road... on our way up Olsen with Kimbo

Kimbo slaying the gnar...

Looking across the way to Dunderberg

And looking down into the Owens Valley

Some Gnar on the backside of Black

Looking over at N. Peak and Conness

And down into Lundy Canyon

Hoar!

Kimbo on our way back to the cabin...

After lunch I set off solo up Dunderberg...

But didn't quite make it... and it was howling up there.  

The next morning the Metres crew had to get going early, so Sena and I went up Olsen.  

My tracks from yesterday...

another summit shot

Sena's summit shot

Frozen art

This sled was NOT the way to go... took a while to haul this out while everyone just skied down...

Sawtooth Ridge...

Carson Spur...