Per Andy's recommendation I went up White Pine yesterday. I was by myself so planned really on just going on a easy skin up to the A.F. ridge & back. I took my own sweet time getting up there too. The leisurely pace up was almost embarrassing. Well, the low tide snow prevented me from getting all the way up to the AF ridge so I turned around and went up Red Baldy instead. Skied the standard run down. Not from the top, but from where was reasonable given the rocky conditions at the top. It was...interesting. I was certainly kept on my toes. 3 turns of recrystallized powder, several on sastrugi, two on breakable, then a few on supportable wind board, then more recrystallized pow. Repeat.
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| Looking up to where I started from. |
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| Sastrugi. |
I was psyched on the view though. Really, a nice day to be out. Sunny blue skies, slight wind, beautiful peaks to admire. A nice day even if the skiing was pretty forgettable.
The next storm cycle is going to make things dicey I think--the surface snow had deteriorated pretty badly at the upper elevations. Sigh. I don't know if I can handle another winter like last year's. The exit out was mildly exciting too--A frozen narrow track with post holes from all the hikers with the odd stream crossing or rock thrown in there. It was excellent.
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