Jan 2,3, 2008, Sasse Ridge
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This trip report is probably outdated even as I post it; internet connectivity problems. Sounds like a good excuse anyway. I thought it was time to go back to Sasse Ridge because there had been a brief break in the snow, and besides, I wanted to see how well I could climb in deep snow on my brand new Trab Duo Freerando Lights. The pic here gives an idea of what it was like at the entrance to the Salmon La Sac Snow Park.
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=8694.0
That's a lot of snow for 2350 ft elevation. There was about 4-5 inches of lighter snow on top of slightly more dense loose snow to a pole depth of one and a half to two feet most of the way up to my 3400 ft elv campsite. The Trabs were great; on my old Atomic MX 11s I would have been really pooped by the time I got there.
This was the third week in a row where I had to do the drying out routine, but this time there was a good reason besides just comfort. The snow. I got up at 5 am, had breakfast, my tea, prepped the skis and headed up at 6 in the dark, with snow that kept freezing to my parka. Although the frontside was ever so tempting, there were just too many good reasons to stay off it, so I stopped at the 4600 foot road bend.
I thought that I should take a few gentle turns on the new skis just to get the feel, so I rolled the edges over on the gentle breakover below the road, got about half way into the turn, and click, it was as if I was skiing on my old Rossi 203 GS skis during my ski bum years at Crystal. That was it for the practice. It felt so good that I did a non-stopper in and out here and there all the way to my camp. Wow! Thanks Greg L for tipping me off about these skis, thanks to Rickster for answering all my detailed questions about them, and to Mark Lengel the US distributor too for his help. I should mention the skins from Climbing Skins Direct too. I was very impressed. Maybe after a few more trips I can post a little something about them in Random Tracks.
One pic to give the feel of my campsite, and what it's like when I start out by headlight:
Larry
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=8694.0
That's a lot of snow for 2350 ft elevation. There was about 4-5 inches of lighter snow on top of slightly more dense loose snow to a pole depth of one and a half to two feet most of the way up to my 3400 ft elv campsite. The Trabs were great; on my old Atomic MX 11s I would have been really pooped by the time I got there.
This was the third week in a row where I had to do the drying out routine, but this time there was a good reason besides just comfort. The snow. I got up at 5 am, had breakfast, my tea, prepped the skis and headed up at 6 in the dark, with snow that kept freezing to my parka. Although the frontside was ever so tempting, there were just too many good reasons to stay off it, so I stopped at the 4600 foot road bend.
I thought that I should take a few gentle turns on the new skis just to get the feel, so I rolled the edges over on the gentle breakover below the road, got about half way into the turn, and click, it was as if I was skiing on my old Rossi 203 GS skis during my ski bum years at Crystal. That was it for the practice. It felt so good that I did a non-stopper in and out here and there all the way to my camp. Wow! Thanks Greg L for tipping me off about these skis, thanks to Rickster for answering all my detailed questions about them, and to Mark Lengel the US distributor too for his help. I should mention the skins from Climbing Skins Direct too. I was very impressed. Maybe after a few more trips I can post a little something about them in Random Tracks.
One pic to give the feel of my campsite, and what it's like when I start out by headlight:
Larry
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