Indy Pass Party 2017! This usually happens on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Got delayed due to weather, to this glorious spring day of June 3. An informal annual event. Near as we can remember this was about year 30! Photo by Pat Bingham, used by permission.
Touring up to the Geisslers. Can a morning be more glorious than this?
Mr. and Mrs. WildSnow, working off the pancakes.
Heading to Geissler 2.
Al Fiorello in his element.
Getting ready for lap 1, and viewing the ‘scape for the next outing.
Al, farming the corn crop.
Cruising the lower west flanks of Blue Peak back to the car.
Spring skiing brings out the smiles, especially for Lisa, who loves an early morning ski in the sunshine. Photo by Pat Bingham.
(Note, folks were asking Lou where they could find info about skiing Independence Pass now that his guidebooks are all out of print. He’s ported the Indy info to BackcountrySkiingCO.com, check it out.
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.