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May 31, 2007 Silver Peak
« on: 06/01/07, 09:48 AM »

Got a couple fun runs on Silver Peak last evening.  Well, the first one was good, but the pollen build up made the second pretty challenging.  You can drive and park right at the Mt Catherine trailhead.  If you're strategic you can skin without having to click out and bush-wack from your car all the way up.  A few more days of melting will change that though.  I didn't go up on the ridge or to the summit, so I'm note sure what kind of a run the west side would be.  A TR from last weekend I think sounds like there are some turns to be had on a quickly melting patch.  I made the mound in the basin my top out point both times.  The steeper pitch run through the trees from there is great right now.  But with that there pollen, I had to really lean back on the second run and couldn't glide much on the last part back to the truck.  If I go there instead of Muir this weekend I'll likely take a dish scrubber and scrub my bases before each run.  It's interesting, when you're on your edges carving you glide fast, but the bases are slow slow.
-Cheers!    Roll Eyes
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Re: May 31, 2007 Silver Peak
« Reply #1 on: 06/01/07, 07:18 PM »

I'm pretty sure it was you guys we saw up in the basin that evening. We were the snowboarders above you on the ridge. We opted to ride out the east basin over the west for our final run home. Did you guys ski the logging road out or retrace? The best turns to be had are off the ridge where there is less pollen. From the summit the west slope looks iffy. I'm sure theres some fun turns in there but it will be gone in a week or so I bet. I took a photo of you guys at your high point from above....I'd post it if I knew how!!
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