Nov
30
2009
Got up for a nice little trip today. I had to go fast because I had to make it back for an appointment for my little one. This was a sweet tour. The snow in Butler was great and the temps were really nice. The snow up high wasn’t so great but I needed the [...]
Nov
27
2009
Went up to Summit yesterday morning for a nice tour with Mir. We started at the Spruce Creek trailhead and made good time up Crystal Jeep road, past Frances Cabin. You’re getting really fast Mir. The snow is a bit thin but we managed to put together a nice line. Trap crust on facets on [...]
Nov
20
2009
I’ve recently been turned on to coloradopowderforecast.com and I have to say this is a very accurate forecast. It helped a lot on my recent trip to the Sawatch to try Harvard. The great thing about this site is that they focus on the conditions in the mountains where we need the info the most. [...]
Nov
18
2009
With all the new snow I thought it would be great to try and get some of the lower angled routes done. Harvard ‘s summer route involves terrain below 30 degrees the entire way except for one small section that I had seen in recent photos was bare before the storm. The avy slopes of [...]
Nov
09
2009
Great getting out with you. Nice to get another centennial done and with a new partner nonetheless Sweet Pics and so fun to ski some corn in November Quick note on snowpack. We found a very thick hard slab, pencil hard and about 8 inches thick on a 30* slope, NE facing. I forgot my [...]