Wednesday and Thursday were two very different days.
Wednesday the six or so inches came in wind affected and dense.
The mountain was overrun, the front range emptying out for the busiest mid-week day this year.
Eighty people out in EV.
Based on what I saw, the black flag warning was warranted.
Recently formed windslabs with the warming temperatures were active in Benchie with the first crew.
Tele line tracks were set in with no activity.
The small slab was about a foot of new snow on the sun crust underneath.
Thankfully, not a large release.
a warning slap from EV was noted and I skied out with my tail between my legs.
Not my first time skiing out on one, still sucks on a powder day.
The day that shouldn’t be was filled with a strange manic energy.
The Poma catwalk turned into 1-25 on Monday morning, filled with road rage and angst.
Glad to see it end with nothing serious going down in EV.
Thursday was the opposite on the mountain and in EV.
Storm day with nobody around.
The front range frenzy was gone and the snow was much less wind affected, piling up all day.
At 9 there was about four inches.
Triangle face held and skied well.
Much colder temps locked up the mid layer, at least for the time being.
Watched a group get into Old Mans, ski the right side trees and exit in the lower middle.
Much better day all around condition wise and personally, kept them both on my feet.
Back on the 207′s my favorite pow stick of all time.
That’s right, blame the skis.
Today is one month out to AK.
Tailgate AK and time on Thompson Pass on the mother of all snow years.
Can I get an amen.
A foreign concept for us Colorado’s backcountry skiers this year.
Needless to say we at EVI, are pumped.
For me it’s back to Valdez after a four year hiatus.
If any friends of EVI are going up there, let us know.
We have a roving 30 base camp.
Heard they are skiing tree lines for the first time in twenty years on down days.
