Dunyon was at my house around 6:00 AM and we jumped in my car to go check out the conditions at Alta. We parked and worked our way up to the Gun Sight ridge. We didn't ski the actual shoot but stayed to the North.
Conditions were great. No one had skied it yet since the last snow and we timed it just right. The snow had that buttery consistency that you could really get an edge into.
The Avy danger didn't seem to high but the wind had defiantly been blowing. Underneath about 4 inches of wind blown fresh snow there was a hard layer about 15 inches deep, under that was another 10 inches of crystallized fluff that could cause some problems if weighed down enough.
The Avy danger didn't seem to high but the wind had defiantly been blowing. Underneath about 4 inches of wind blown fresh snow there was a hard layer about 15 inches deep, under that was another 10 inches of crystallized fluff that could cause some problems if weighed down enough.
The one hang up we had was on the way down we (we... I am being polite here and I don't want to single anyone out on a two man trip) forgot to close the ski rack. We made it all the way down the canyon before the gear went flying off. We have a small amount of epoxy work ahead of us.
Below are shots of Dunyon and I.
Looking up toward Gun Sight
Superior basking in the sunrise
A bit of a candid shot of Dunyon
Steep angle. Notice Dunyon's skin track charging straight up the slope...
AAAHHHH!!!
Dunyon having a go
Beauty...
Thanks,
Chris Giles
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