Sunrise at Virginia Lakes
Not a bad place to wake up after a six hour drive and a
fitful high-altitude sleep. Care for a cup of coffee?
Lundy Canyon and
Mt. Conness
From the top of the ridge, the view includes Mono
Lake, Dunderberg, and the eastern mountains of Yosemite. Look closely
to see East Bowl, GPS, Flinty's and other classics
Second Lap
After a run
down to the base of the upper bowl, the crew hikes back up for a
second run as the sun cooks the northwestern aspects
More Perfect
Corn
Another teletipster gets it done
Bootpacking
After a
late night around the campfire, we weren't in a big hurry Sunday
morning. The hard corps drove south to ski at Tioga, while the
remaining crowd went back for more. Here, Mitch leads us back up the
ridge for a second day of turns
Black Mtn.
The more
ambitious group heads to the summit of Black Mtn. for steeper lines.
The rest of us dropped the northwest face once again, and finished
with another traverse to the Black Mtn. chute.
Black Mtn. Bowl
The
Teletipsters climb to the ridge above the upper bowl, after an
early-but-not-too-early start from our campsites at 9500'.
photo by Pete
MacRostie
That's Good Corn
Jill, Jen, and I are clearly enjoying this.
No Need To Share
While
others head back to their first destination, I scoped out a field of
firm, smooth, untracked snow. Then I tracked it up.
Home Run
We traversed west
from the bottom of the bowl and found an aesthetic chute that returned
to the lake.
Doggles
Responsible
Soleil uses eye protection.
Snowdrift
Thanks to
the needs of fishermen, we had access. Thanks, everyone, for an
incredible weekend!