Wednesday BC

Old man's mocha (it's really quite good!)

 Hayride came up with the "Old Man's Mocha" and i must admit, it's REALLY good.  And it has serious power in there...2 shots espresso mixed with a warmed up bottle of Ensure...you have to try it.

The Pilot and fellow BCS racer AK came up to get some turns yesterday.  It was sunny, warm, and the snow was frozen solid except on the north faces.  We headed to the same northside EPC slopes and the Whaleback just because it's so damn fun.  Found some soft snow in the trees with windslab punchiness on the exposed slopes.  We bootpacked up a bit, "peaked out" on Marmot Poop Rock, stared at the rad view, and then hiked down about 200 vertical feet over scree and the high alpine grasses to get to the slope we wanted to ski (very Montezuma's Revenge race-like - lap 8).  Found even more alley's to add to the ever-expanding EPC list up there.  Now we just have to link them all together in runs with no short traverses.

the Pilot and AK skinning up the southside

AK hiking up with 007 in the background

The Pilot doing his best impression of skier/explorer on Marmot Poo Rock. (my camera shutter didn't open all the way for some reason...)

  

AK ripping the downhill, this kid (ok, he's 26, but still...) rips on skis.

The Pilot on the down