Saturday, March 9, 2013

Skyline Ridge, Feb 17th, 2013

 The flats just before Skyline Lake.
 Looking at Lichtenberg during a rare clearing from the ridge summit above Moonlight Basin.
 Brian and a splitboarder he hooked up with through TAY. (I can't remember his name.)

 I stopped to take  picture of my line, and Brian poached it.

 Skinning up to Tye Peak after skiing our first run of the day.

 We skied this after lunch.

 Cornices on the final approach to the summit of Tye Peak.

 Brian eating lunch as the high point of the ridge appears out of the clouds.

 Our first run, from the summit of the right-hand summit, down through the trees.

 Our tracks off of Tye Peak.

 Continuing down from Tye Peak.

 Our line down from Tye Peak from the skin track heading back toward Skyline Lake The gladed area dropping down and right from beneath the summit provided 1000 feet of boot top to knee deep powder over a solid crust.

Traversing the final ridge section before dropping into Moonlight Basin.

Moonlight Basin. Three-quarters of this descent was pure fun. The last quarter was skiing styrofoam blocks through narrow corridors between thickets of tight trees. I fell down most of that section.