Gameplan: Hiking, Recon, and pure white corn pleasure
Duration: 1 lap on the first patch that angles toward Winnemucca Lake, 1 lap on the "W" patch and 3 laps on skier's right of the "Saddle" patch between Roundtop and Sisters
Vertical: not sure
Beta: see pics or ask
Pics: MJ and Vets
Music: In order to keep with the Wedding Theme from my 7/13/07 Sisters TR, here is Adam Sandler's version of You Spin Me Round (Like A Record):
Or, if you are more traditional, here is the original version by Dead Or Alive:
Part One - the first of three patches, the patch that angles toward Winnemucca Lake.
There are times during the summer that this patch looks like a letter W (or a bat) from a distance. Here is a shot from August 20, 2004: http://www.loloville.com/DSCF0169.JPG
This past Sunday it wasn't the defined W it had been in the past. It also provided some interesting combination suncups (soft in the troughs with an icy crust on their ridges.)
After a run here we headed up to the saddle patch between Roundtop and Sisters hoping to find better snow. Stay tuned for Part Three - The Saddle Patch Between Roundtop and Sisters.
07-17-2007, 11:07 PM
stuckathuntermtn
skiing in shorts = so hot right now
07-17-2007, 11:12 PM
Vets
Part Three - The Saddle Patch Between Roundtop and Sisters
The "Saddle" patch provided some of the softest, smoothest, corn turns I felt so far this summer.
07-17-2007, 11:18 PM
Vets
Quote:
Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn
skiing in shorts = so hot right now
Thanks for the fashionable Mugatu style quote.
Also, welcome to the west.
07-18-2007, 01:53 AM
powdork
The pics with the flowers in the background rock.
If you keep skiing the patches there enough, and scrape of all the dust layer, I bet the snow will last longer. Hell, if you ski it enough, you'll scrape off all the suncups. Keep up the good work.
07-18-2007, 07:25 AM
scarlet begonias
Skiing in a bike helmet = so hot right now. :smile:
Actually not a bad idea....I bet it was much cooler than a skiing helmet.
Great Stoke! Thanks a lot.
07-18-2007, 07:54 AM
Vets
Quote:
Originally Posted by bumpskier
Skiing in a bike helmet = so hot right now. :smile:
Actually not a bad idea....I bet it was much cooler than a skiing helmet.
Great Stoke! Thanks a lot.
MJ and I had a conversation about this right before we started hiking. My Giro 9 has a lot of vents, so it isn't too hot. MJ's bike helmet is cooler and a few grams lighter too.
Powdork, the flowers were really going off on the hike in and out.
I like your idea about making the snow last longer.
