Tom, Xan and myself had a great day out in Maybird. Tom also had his new camera, so we got some nice pictures. We started just after dawn at White Pine trailhead.
Heading into Red Pine, we ran into some monstrous surface hoar in the sheltered locations. The cold dry spell cause a ton of crystalliation.
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We headed up the broad, steep ridge just past Red Pine lake, and we got into the sun for the first time that day.
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We gained the ridge, and the views made it worthwhile immediately. There was also a 25-30 mph wind blowing out of the Southwest, definitely a sign of things to come in the upcoming week.
Box Elder peak and American fork canyon looking Southwest:
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The Pfeiff and some down-canyon monsters looking West:
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Maybird and LCC looking North:
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We skiied a North facing shot in the Maybird cirque. Here's Xan doing his thing:
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We decided to make another lap in the cirque before heading down. Here's Xan skiing again on our second lap.
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The only other people we saw out there were two heading up to the pfeiff. The sun was behind the cirqe, and the the wind caused them to kick up big plumes of snow that hit the sun just right. It was pretty neat to see, and the picture doesn't really do it justice:
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We found some sweet little shots further down in Maybird. The snow was a lot more sheltered down there - very smooth pow. Tom posing in front of one of the lower shots:
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It was pretty neat having an entire drainage to ourselves. Definitely a day I'll remember for a while :biggrin:
