April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain

www.turns-all-year.com

Help | Search | Login | Register
Turns All Year Trip Reports
Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
05/25/13, 07:21 PM

The Yuki Awards

Trip Reports Sponsor

Pro Guiding Service

Turns All Year Trip Reports
(1) Viewing these pages constitutes your acceptance of the Terms of Use.
(2) Disclaimer: the accuracy of information here is unknown, use at your own risk.
(3) Trip Report monthly boards: only actual trip report starts a new thread.
(4) Keep it civil and constructive - that is the norm here.

FOAC Snow
Info Exchange

NWAC Avalanche
Forecast

Turns All Year Trip Reports

2008 Backcountry Trip Reports

April 2008 Backcountry Trip Reports

April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain

Jump to:

« previous next »

Pages: [1] | Go Down

Print

Author

Topic: April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain (Read 1874 times)

ridngoofy
5Member
Offline

Posts: 15

April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain
« on: 04/20/08, 10:24 PM »

We climbed to the summit of Granite under overcast skis , snow blowing sideways and only 1 other pair of climbers to help us kick trail. That's how Granite should be. We did see a pair of skiers riding the ridge down and throwing around some nice pow. From the lookout the western bowl looked inviting and decided that mostly overcast skis and low temps had kept the snow in good shape. Besides it looked unblemished and beckoning. Well, it turned out just like that. We enjoyed a great run around the western bowl and the snow was in great shape and held up wonderfully. But after reading BWW's tr , I think I'll take the ridge down if I go again soon. Just like the smarter pair before us.


	Logged

Paul_Russell
Member
Offline

Posts: 234

Re: April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain
« Reply #1 on: 04/22/08, 09:58 PM »

Thanks for the report. That was Mary and me ahead of you. I think she was the "smart" one. I ski cut the steep main slope, then skied it just before the ridge setting off a pretty good sluff behind me (I'm told). Thankfully it didn't step down to the lower crust as happened in some other areas. The snow was amazingly good. We had intended to head for the West Summit, but the visibility and weather changed our minds. Nice to have it clear and be mostly sunny for the run down.


	Logged

Stugie
Member
Offline

Posts: 925

WWW

Re: April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain
« Reply #2 on: 04/23/08, 11:23 AM »

Thanks for the report.


	Logged

"The mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals; the houses where I practice my religion." - Anatoli Boukreev

ridngoofy
5Member
Offline

Posts: 15

Re: April 20, 2008 Granite Mountain
« Reply #3 on: 04/25/08, 04:56 PM »

You guys seemed to be having a great time. The snow, in parts, had an almost cotton texture. I thought it would be the same in the bowl but it was a little heavier. The high snowpack this year provided extra branches on the traverse back to the trail and I we had a wee bit o trouble with that. See you on the mountain.


	Logged

Pages: [1] | Go Up

Print

« previous next »

Jump to:

Thank you to our sponsors!

Feathered Friends

Marmot Mountain Works

Second Ascent

American Alpine Institute

Pro Guiding Service

Contact turns-all-year.com

Turns All Year Trip Reports ©2001-2010 Turns All Year LLC. All Rights Reserved

The opinions expressed in posts are those of the poster and do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of Trip Reports administrators or Turns All Year LLC

Page created in 0.158 seconds with 20 queries.