TR: While the rest of the world was sleeping.... 5.27.05

[iskibc]

The other side of the pass part II
5.27.05
Z, iskibc



I didn't have to be in for work until 10 AM this morning so I called up Z the night before and discussed the plan with him. Meet at the top of the pass at 5 AM, hit the summit shortly after sunrise, hit the coulie, climb back out, back to the car by 9 AM, and step into the office by 9:59 AM. In a perfect world that plan would work out.

Met up with Z before first light and we quickly geared and started skinning up the bulletproof track.

About 2/3 of the way up we ran out of snow and had to boot the rest of the way up. We made the summit just as the sun was rising over the low-lying fog down in the valley and city below:



A nice crisp morning with a wonderful overnight freeze.

Z just waking up, I think:



We scoped out the couloir from different angles to see if the choke was actually as narrow as it appeared. It was.

No more than 3-4' wide and 20 or so feet long, it was going to be interesting skiing down that section before the snow got a chance to corn up. We waited a little while to see if the sun would hit the choke section, but the shadows remained put.

Z dropped in first and made some nice jump turns all the way down to the beginning of the choke.






I followed and was surprised how quickly the snow had softened up.





Just enough to hold an edge, yet still very slick. The heat radiating from the rock walls around us did wonders to the snow.

The choke was very interesting. I shouldn't have brought out the 195cm fatties for this one. Each turn my tails scraped the walls.










Shortly after the choke the couloir opened up nicely and the snow was amazing.

Z glad to be out of the choke:







It felt great to hit the line we had turned back on earlier in the winter. We boot packed out and parted ways as my time was quickly running out.

Nothing like snagging a thousand or so feet before work on a Friday.

[Below Zero]

Awesome guys! Great Stoke! Looks fun!

[Kya]

Sweet Line dudes!

[Blurred]

Z knows how to huck and is good at it. Good job fellas!

[Squirrel99]

Thanks for the Friday stoke recharge

Nice Harvest

[crashnburn'd]

nice work...

[NorCalSJK]

Thanks +++
me miss the snow

[Mountain Freak]

Cool TR, I can't think of a better way to start a day of work.

[Artie Fufkin]

Good times!

[wookalar]

sweet photo!!

[mojorisin]

Just outa interest, why didn't you straightline the choke on your 195s?

[Ville]

Nice line and landscapes I have to visit that side of pond some season. We have also snow here in Austria but my season ended last thursday, me and my friend hiked up one bowl and I found some hard snow when I was skiing down. It is not nice to hit hard snow when you are cruising on spring slush... Torn ACL was the result.

[marshalolson]

NICE - way to get up there and after it.

[adam]

Nice pics man! I love this one because i like "dropping" pictures, because they leave you to imagine the rest of the run!

[iskibc]

NICE - way to get up there and after it.

Was thinking of you before we dropped in. You have to give me your number. Felt bad leaving you out of getting it. Damn that thing looked much different in March!


mojorisin,

Call me a pussy, call me a fag, whatever you want. The choke was runnelled and super hard pack, so I decided to slip it on down.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Nice, sweet.