TR - Roundtop, Three Patches on 7/15/07

[Vets]

Date: July 15, 2007

Location: Three patches near Roundtop

Weather: Sunny with some distant clouds

Participants: MJ and Vets

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.

MJ at the top the patch:




Here I am further down the patch with Winnemucca Lake in the background:


This patch provided a good warmup run.
Part Two - the "W" patch coming up next.

[Vets]

MJ getting his gear ready for the hike up to the "W" patch:


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:


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.)

MJ makes it look easy:



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.

[stuckathuntermtn]

skiing in shorts = so hot right now

[Vets]

When we arrived at the saddle between Roundtop and Sisters the snow sure looked smooth and soft on skier's right.
It was and it made me very happy:



MJ likes it too:



The "Saddle" patch provided some of the softest, smoothest, corn turns I felt so far this summer.

[Vets]

skiing in shorts = so hot right now

Thanks for the fashionable Mugatu style quote.

Also, welcome to the west.

[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.

[scarlet begonias]

Skiing in a bike helmet = so hot right now.


Actually not a bad idea....I bet it was much cooler than a skiing helmet.

Great Stoke! Thanks a lot.

[Vets]

Skiing in a bike helmet = so hot right now.


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.