Chillin' at the top of Tallac on a windy spring day...
I hardly ever get to ski in S. Lake anymore. And the BC skiing down there IMO is head and shoulders above N. Lake... so the forecast called for crappy weather, but we for it and got two classics in two days.
Baby Cham on Tallac and Crescent Coulie on Round Top on our way out to Kirkwood.
Day 1: Baby Cham
fun crew! As you can see the snow is all time... blower pow.
Spring Creek crossing
Barton checking out the front chutes
Love this mtn!!!
Looking over on the Kalmia ridge towards Dick's
staring down Baby Cham. The conditions in the bowl were softening up, but we weren't sure about this aspect.
The elevator shaft entry was a bit too intimidating for us today.
Barton making his way down Baby Cham. There was a funky bump at the end
but that was handled beautifully
B and I made our way over towards the main chute to watch Toro and Alexis make their way down the cross
Alexis with an unintentional tip drag...
which he almost skied out of...
Back at Baby Cham and Big Bird side... wasn't the day for Big Bird... one day.
Cutting back over, we got a nice view of another straight line shot.
made our way back up for another half lap on T.
And this time the rockies were blue. And ready for consumption!
We party skied the NW Bowl
And then we cut into the front chutes. and slayed it like John Morrison... LOL
And made our way to S. Lake Brew Co... I mean we can't pass it up right?
Day 2: Crescent Coulie
Barton and Alexis had to head home, so this day was just Toro and I. We were joined in the am with one of HvF members, an awesome lady who I forgot the name of... she even picked us up at Kirkwood and gave us a ride home, what a rockstar!
start of the tour
Our first target in sight!
The snow was glistening... I can still feel that rough ice shaking my bones...
starting to warm up a bit
summit pic!
Toro checking out the entrance. The snow was quite hard and a bit icy. So I opted to drop it solo
some of the peaks behind Round Top. Mmmmm
Toro finding some nice snow.
Making our way towards the wood
And here we are at the top of Cali Chutes
Toro in the goods
and mach'ing our way out of there...
We did a few laps on chair 4, where we met up with Durbs!
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...
