Kicked off this season with a fun surprise. Sena, Sam and I's stars lined up and we decided to head to Carson Pass to check out this "banger" early season that we were missing...
We left at 4:30 am. Kevin & Laura's U-Haul (which was empty) was stolen at around 4 am...
ah... miss this house.
Looking back at the crux... this was pretty steep here...
here's a pic of it before... let's see if you can see the rock I scraped off...
See?
Continuing down the slope...
And looking back up the other two entrances...
Here's Sena going for a double front flip... or not...
We kicked off a tiny slide. Wind packed, nothing too scary.
Scenes from the weird formation on the lake...
Bye bye Round Top!
Back at the car, 30 min before sunset.
there was an epic sunset on the drive home.
Had a nice meal here... I can still taste the beers in the frosty mugs...
Had a great day out with Messy and Lou-Doo. They were on their way to Mammoth, staying at HvF on the way down, so I caught up with them for the classic tour from Carson Pass to Kirkwood. We met up at the Kirkwood parking lot around 7 am, and we were back at Carson touring by 8 am. I was on a bit of a time crunch as I had to be back in the bay by 6 pm, but nevertheless we still skied Crescent Couloir, the sisters, 4th of July peak back to Kirkwood by 1:45 pm... and I made it home by 5:30 pm. All in all, another great day in the mountains.
We saw these boot tracks, so we decided to go up the chute rather than going around...
Messy at the top
Since the main chute (looker's right) was a bit wind buffed and crusty, we decided to check out the middle chute. This would be the craziest entrance to Crescent... a double with a 40 footer that drops you into the middle of the chute where you have to point it for 500 ft until you reach the apron.
Louie in the entrance
Forth of July Lake from the Sisters
Skiing the Sisters
our last descent from the shoulder of Melissa Coray.
made it back for this guy... who welcomed me with a 102 fever...
