TR: 1/1/01 sierra eastside
1/1/10
Big Pine Creek
Skinned from car at 7800 feet and topped out at 12,600. Rode all the way back, although last 1k was just survival riding down a summer trail.
My buddy took a lot of pics. I might add those later. His are better.
No pics of top section due to nuking winds, flat light, and clouds over the palisades. I almost turned around at midpoint as the wind was nuking and snow was gone and/or really messed up. I told Dave I didn't think the snow up higher would be good, but he talked me into going up another 15 minutes and it was still pow, which is weird cuz it was basically same aspect as down lower but more sheltered from the wind. Dave obviously knew better having been up here 2 times already this season.
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Dave dropping mini chute. Snow was excellent most the run. Nuking SW winds were loading our east/NE aspect. The top of run was SE facing and had maintained some high quality snow which made for some excellent GS turns:
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(the mickey mouses in santa suits sitting on the bomb has to be a metaphor for something)
