When facets are deep and the only layer two good things occur: 1) You get to ski light and fast powder, 2) you don't have to be so darned paranoid about avy danger. So that's just about the only the good news with these conditions that are offering a really poor start to the winter. The less good part is how much approaching you have to do while avoiding, as best as possible, anything facing south. This is true of both the approach and the exit. Bottom line, if you want untouched good lines you need to be ready to travel 4 - 5 times as much distance as you ski. If you are willing to do that, you will be rewarded with both first tracks and solitude.
The pictures are from yesterday in upper Silver Fork.
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We found first tracks on looker's right, from
under the rocks to the trees. |
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| Mike farming turns... |
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...as well as your's truly. By the time we were done, that whole
side was ploughed. Hard work but somebody gotta do it! |
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| Mike enjoying a lunch break in the sun. |
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| To the left our exit tracks. |
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