Stunning day up high today. Hayride got the afternoon off work so headed up to the E.P.C (and ladders) around 2pm. None of that stuff that blows snow around, 45 degrees and bluebird sky, 4" of new snow. Quietest day I've had up there I think ever. The snow down low was pure May corn so we weren't expecting many good turns. It got softer as we headed up the north face to EPC and Squirrel-Huck gully, but then anywhere the hot sun hit today was crusty, even on the north faces. Good thing we put the invisible tarp over these glades. This place is my new favorite place to ski, by far. The new Chutes & Ladders. Hour and a half to the top, back at the car in less than a 3 hour trip.
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| Traversing over from the top to Big Johnson Chute. |
As we went down the first run, we traversed right only to find more unexpected chutes, one after the other. I just don't get it, how have we never come up here before...?! It's amazing. I've lived here almost 20 years now, skied here 10, and never found this stash. It just goes to show, it's not the area that gets boring, it's the person that gets complacent, at least in this case.
Hayride skiing down. This picture doesn't do the view justice at all.
Felt kinda like spring is here out there. Soon it'll be time to hit the high peaks in search of corn-surfing-fun-in-the-sun. Powder, and corn, are the closest I get to surfing here in Colorado.
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