Parker McAbery snowboards down the guts of a big gulch.

Today four of us did an exploratory hike up to about 12,400′ on a high windy ridgeline. We ended up riding a pretty heavy duty 2400′ line that we had scoped out from across the valley yesterday. The last two days have been a lot of fun, exploring new terrain and learning more and more about every nook and cranny of these mountains (sometimes the hard way).

Here I am dropping into the deep gulch section. Photo by Parker McAbery.

Can you spot me surfing the sidewall? Photo by Parker McAbery.

*Name changed to protect the innocent.