2-28-09, Yodelin

Following Rusty Knees suggestion, today Telemack, Stuck-In-P-Town and I went to Yodelin.  ...By the way, Thanks for the up track!! On the way up we encountered lots of wind blown powder.  We made good time getting to the top and dug a snow pit a little below on steeper terrain.  In short, we saw very noticeable layers but upon compression tests, we could not get the column to trigger even from the shoulder.  We had a nice short lunch and performed some beacon burial practice for a little while.  We skied the Northerly aspects facing the highway.  We had three great 1300 or so vertical ft runs on the upper slopes.  I wouldn't call it face shot powder, but it was surely good pow and a lot of fun!!  We skied totally different terrain on each run, so I was a little curious about the localized features where we did our compression test, but every thing we skied was solid.  The lower 500 vertical feet or so right above the highway was crusty but manageable.  There were lots of skiers spaced out on the various slopes of the Yodelin area today, including one large group that we saw from a distance, but did not actually pass by.  It never felt crowded to me, but I did use extra caution on our up tracks after our first trip up top.  In conclusion, the weather was great, the snow conditions were great, and the skiing was great.  Thanks to Telemack and Stuck-In-P-Town for the great company!!

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Telemack Snot Bubbles, top of Yodelin


Make the old man dig!!



On our way back up