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Last ski tour of the season - June 26th

  • 2010-06-28 13:36:41

    The forecast looked good for the day so we prepared for our annual last ski tour of the season at an undisclosed location (sorry this private stash is just too good to reveal). We hit the trail head at 8:30 and by noon we were atop the summit at around 9,000' enjoying lunch. The snow had gone slightly isothermic so we knew the turns would not be the best but it was more about skiing and riding in late June than anything else and capping off the season with one last hurrah. We managed to ski just over 2000' until the snow got patchy and we had to give up the boards.

    Due to the light snow pack of the season we did not manage to get in the full 4000' decent - we were hoping that the cold spring would have helped the snow but this late in the month we were lucky to get what we did.


    This annual trip never disappoints and we will surely do it again next June and the one after that - and so on, and so on,...