Aieeeeee, the brown snow! Where does it lurk? How do we escape it?
With some help from the weather, our alpine got a good painting of white over the last seven days. Above timberline the corn snow skiing was perfect yesterday, should be good this morning, and a few lines will still be high quality over the weekend. So we hit Geissler Mountain, a short distance NW of Independence Pass on the Continental Divide here in Colorado. Two runs of perfect corn snow. Who would have figured?
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Kate Howe steps happily to the top of Geissler Mountain Number One (easternmost of the three summits), Independence Pass area, Colorado.
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Dave Downing cranks out some curves.
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Kurt Fehrenbach tasting.
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Kate showing extra confidence due to her nice Poc helmet.
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The legendary Perl on the first uphill, BCA Squall backpack still providing trim haulage.
Back tomorrow, and the next day, till it’s gone. I might even test the Onyx binders again, imagine that!
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.