Photo: Eric Shipley |
Photo: Eric Shipley |
Photo: Eric Shipley |
At the bottom of the headwall we stopped to wait for Hans and Tracy:
Tracy:
Hans:
Two thirds of the way back to the car the snow ran out and we walked the rest of the way down.
Grays and Torreys to our west:
Monday morning I talked to a coworker who had been fishing on Guanella Pass on Saturday. He told me he had been shocked repeatedly by his fishing rod at 10:30 in the morning. Although its hard to call it a day after one run, its worth living to ski another day, I'm glad we didn't stay up there longer.
I think this will be one of my last ski days this season. I may try to head up to Forest Lakes on Rollins Pass, maybe we'll do a trip to the Beartooths in a couple weeks, and we will hopefully do a day on Skyscraper snowfield in July. Otherwise, I'm ready to enjoy summer and look forward to another great winter next year: hopefully the backcountry will be stable, the memories shared, the powder frequent, and the snowmobile problems not so frequent.
Nice post Mike. When Hans drove me back up to get my truck at the summit, we literally saw lightning hit the summit of Mount Beirstadt. A few more laps would have been nice, but we definatley made the right call getting off the mountain when we did. Skycraper in July sounds fun!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely glad we got out of there when we did Eric! Looking forward to getting out for some mtb/skiing this summer.
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