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• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Double Shot

  May 31, 2011 | Permalink | Post a Comment

  

  Skinning up a steep slope, looking at what would be our second descent route of the day.

  

  Upon arriving at the summit, our north face descent route still needed some time to soften. Instead of waiting around up there, we decided to do a quick run down the east face, which was nice and soft already.

  

  Skier: Ann Driggers. The town of Silverton is located in the valley in the distance.

  

  Having skinned back up the east face, the big north face was now good to go, and so we ended up scoring two nice corn lines today, the last day of May! See some more pics on Ann’s blog.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Frozen Smoothie

  May 23, 2011 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  Skinning up a high ridgeline in the San Juans this morning.

  

  Skier: Chris Cover. The mountains have started getting some sun the last couple days, and the snow is quickly transitioning from powder to corn. Today our slope was well frozen, and the clouds and chilly winds were keeping it that way. So, unfortunately we weren’t able to ski this beauty with the soft conditions I was hoping for, but at least the snow was perfectly smooth so it was still a fun descent.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Cream Cheese Powder

  May 22, 2011 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  With heaps of snow and hardly anybody out skiing these days, the “low hanging fruit” abounds in the San Juans. Today we went up the same peak I’ve gone up 2 of the last 3 days. Normally these are the routes we do in the wintertime, so it feels a bit novel to be riding these in late May!

  

  Ninja skier: Paul McElrea.

  

  Perfect cream cheese powder, great for terminal velocity carving.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Still here…

  May 21, 2011 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  

  The persistent clouds have kept the temps cool and the powder fresh, much to our delight!

  

  Skier: Chris Jackson.

  

  

  Probably not the best place to try to hitchhike.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Raptured, a Day Early

  May 20, 2011 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  

  Jeff and Chris and I on our way to a higher place this morning.

  

  Jeff Skoloda skiing like there’s no tomorrow.

  

  Can you believe this is May? It’s like heaven on Earth!

  

  I’d rather not be transported to heaven tomorrow… I’m enjoying it too much here! Bon voyage!

  

  Happy skiers, post-rapture.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Mid-May Faceshots!

  May 19, 2011 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  This morning we were treated to yet another foot or so of fresh powder up in the San Juans!

  

  Skier: Jeff Skoloda.

  

  Today would have been an awesome powder day in January or February. It’s May. Did I mention that already?

  

  That’s me, and my snow-caked goggles.

  

  Wow.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Raggeds and Elks

  May 15, 2011 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  

  Ann, Scott, and I met up this weekend for two days of superb spring lines in the Raggeds and Elk Mountains of Colorado.

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• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Mid Winter in May!

  May 11, 2011 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  

  I woke up this morning thinking it was February, with a snowstorm outside! Matt and I went up and skied/splitboarded about a foot of fresh powder.

  

  It’s amazing how wintery it still is up in the mountains, with a full mid-winter snowpack, even at the lower elevations. The spring skiing should be great around here, if spring ever comes.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Skiing United States Mountain

  May 8, 2011 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  

  As you drive into the town of Ouray on Main Street, you can often see a gleaming snowcapped peak looming up the valley to the southwest – this is United States Mountain. Today we hiked up there and scored a great ski/snowboard descent!

  

  Skier: Sean Hart.

  

  A view of the line we hiked and skied/snowboarded. There’s a large couloir hidden amongst the top cliffs, which we ascended and descended.

• Colorado, Skiing/Snowboarding

  Looking Good

  May 7, 2011 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  This morning I got out on the snow for the first time since getting back to Ouray. I was surprised at how snowy it still is in May! The spring skiing season is looking good!

  

  Skier: Jordan.

  

  Skier: Paul.