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January 28, Bullion Basin
« on: 01/30/06, 08:19 AM »
Hey there---my first trip report.  Chad and I joined the skin-commuters about 9 AM and went into the bottom of the basin.  Avy was obviously a concern: pronounced crust from last Tue. evident when I pushed a pole in a bit over 12".  some others skinned high on the left/SW face, called East Peak I think?  Too scary for us.  We hooked up with Bruce and Randy to take turns breaking.Lots of compliments from the back 3 kept the leader gasping away.  
Randy dug a pit on thre lower R of the east Peak slope and found just what we felt:  over a foot of fresh, more soft, and then a crust and maybe a bit of surface hoar?  so we stayed away from the most open slopes and
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Re: January 28, Bullion Basin
« Reply #1 on: 01/30/06, 08:30 AM »
Sorry about the accidental half-post.  Huh
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Re: January 28, Bullion Basin
« Reply #2 on: 01/30/06, 09:50 AM »
Seems ominous to me...

...and...

What? (we were all caught in an avalanche, or we had hot dogs and Kool-Aid near a big stump...)  What could it be?

I've been waiting to see if any reports would appear since I sat the weekend out.

I'll drop in another dime to read more.
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