Dec 26, 2019, Rock Mountain
12/26/19
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Up rock mtn. snow top to car. Hard,icy skinning. that was the easy part. Good powder skiing 6500 to about 5500. The way down was icy trail and hard 1.5 inches of crust over a non supportable base. This made side slipping almost impossible and boot packing equally miserAble. BUT, I did find great 1000 ft of great powder skiing, price of admission was a bit steep. Otherwise no instability noted. Tracks upper left are not mine. They are from the day before,probably
What a great photo. It sure looks like winter up there!
Sounds like a rough exit. I've had that same experience there. You'll laugh about it later :)
Sounds like a rough exit. I've had that same experience there. You'll laugh about it later :)
The picture looks amazing. Your description pretty much describes the Highway 2 corridor. Great skiing above 5,000 ft but a heavy price must be paid between the highway and 5,000 ft and that's without the parking limitations.
Good to see a hard won trip report!
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