Thursday, April 30, 2009

East Ridge of Timpanogos



Left home at 3:30, started walking at 5.





Fly on the mountain

LCC Ridgeline

The saddle

Traverse route to southeast summit

A bit steep. An ice axe brings comfort here

Looking down the west face into Provo. Tempting



Southeast summit elevation



Corn!!!
Hello BYU

ridge on this line





Cliffy

Stewart Falls

Loop trail back to Aspen Grove

Elk Point slide path has produced some HUGE slides recently



The incredible power of avalanches

Time for a burger

That was fun! The longest continually steep ski run in the state.






























Monday, April 27, 2009

The Scythe

Skied The Scythe with Garrett this morning. Wanted to hit Main Baldy Chute but some other dudes said they were hitting it when we pulled in to Alta at 6 a.m.. The upper ramp of The Scythe sluffed out on me but the lower chute was fine. About 10 inches of fluff on a spongy base. East facing aspect was getting really heavy around 9:30. Exited down Patsy Marley.





The top







Some other guys in the cirque