Epic 33!

The temps dropped to the low teens yesterday and the storm dumped about 2' of fresh, dry powder.
Brenda and I tore up the East Face and Roller Pass today. Every run provided ton's of fresh tracks and ear to ear grins. It's not every day you are hootin' and hollarin' in the tress. Today was that day.

On the way up Lincoln chair today we rode with a couple of dudes that wanted to ski some fresh so we offered to show them. At the top we went straight off the back side, under the "Out of Bounds" rope & sign then Brenda heard them say "No way". It was great to see Brenda duck under the rope, drop off the cornice and rip up the fresh deep stuff while they looked on wondering "when did we lose our balls". My baby rips!

On our way down Old 40, we saw a film crew shooting some big cliff jumps and the this crazy kicker!

















I have been wanting to ski off the back side of Mt. Judah all season and today was really the first day it's been skiable. By the way, this is the "Ski Home" run (See December Archive Post, Checklist Item 6). After a pretty serious hike up you have the option of dropping back into Judah bowl or off the other side for a 2500' drop to Donner Lake. Well, today was the day. After dropping Brenda and Diamond off to ensure I had a ride back up, I raced up and got the 3:30pm Judah chair. At the top I saw a few climbers (2 dudes and 1 chick), the 2 dudes wimped out and the tough snowboarder chick wanted to go. We picked up a Tele Boarder on our way up the climb. The Skier, Boarder and Pin head was an interesting cross pollination of specie. Anyway, she had done the route a bunch of times and as it turns out is quite the veteran in the area. It also worked out that she was headed to my street for her pickup ride back up. Untracked, thigh deep, dry powder on a steep rolling slope was almost too good to believe.























Half way down we trekked through the RxR tunnel and out one of the access doors for the last 1000' of vertical (optional).

























The whole experience was too cool, reminded me of the Cat Skiing trip I went on in Washington. Get your powder skills in order and get up here quick! BTW, Bring a shovel, Beacon, Avalanche probe, Backpack and Snowshoes, Water and your Huevos! You will need the last item for sure and hopefully none of the others.

















This is the view of Donner Lake just before you drop down the last 1000'.