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First Day of the Season

Submitted by Peakz on Tue, Dec 29, 2009
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Tue, 2009-12-29
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After a long work trip this fall to Antarctica I finally got to go skiing on Dec 28. I had been home in Golden for less than 12 hours when I connected with Dave Treadway and we went on a sled ski mission in the Dogtooth Range. Dave had a pretty good handle on conditions and so I followed him around to some objectives. We found some good snow and had a quad busting day.

Pic of my sled above the valley cloud

Sled above clouds: shot of my sled up high in the alpine near Golden Dec 28, 2009.Sled above clouds: shot of my sled up high in the alpine near Golden Dec 28, 2009.

 

 

 

 

The first line we skied. My first run of the season. It was pretty wind and sun effected.

OldMan Couloir: first run of the year for me. It would have been sick before the wind blew. It wasn't that good. Dec 28, 2009OldMan Couloir: first run of the year for me. It would have been sick before the wind blew. It wasn't that good. Dec 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

getting ready to drop in.

First Run of the Season: Getting ready to drop in.First Run of the Season: Getting ready to drop in.

 

 

 

 

Dave spotted some guy that had tomahawked his sled 10-15 times and we went to see if he was ok. It turned out to be Doug Ward who was shuttling his daughter around. Sorry Dougy! I had to!

Doug Ward: post sled tomahawk. Sorry Doug; I had to! Dec 28, 2009Doug Ward: post sled tomahawk. Sorry Doug; I had to! Dec 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

We ended up working this north facing slope. We each skied several line on it. The snow was consistent and felt like velvet. My quads were screaming at the bottom of each run.

Fresh Couloirs: we had fun skiing here on Dec 28, 2009Fresh Couloirs: we had fun skiing here on Dec 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

Dave No Boarded his last run.

Dave Treadway No Boarding: Dave no boarding the last run. Dec 29, 2009Dave Treadway No Boarding: Dave no boarding the last run. Dec 29, 2009

 

 

 

 

All in all, a pretty sick first day of skiing for the season. Hopefully there will be plenty more.

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51° 26' 36.528" N, 117° 15' 20.5452" W
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