Squaw Valley 5-7-09

We finally got some nice weather and I was itching to ski. I had hoped on doing a big back-country day, but it just didn't fall in to place. Luckily I was able to hook up with Justin and comp a ticket for Squaw Valley. We got a bit of a late start but I figured the elevation we gained from the cable car made up for it. After one run down from the lift, we put the skins on and headed up to the summit of Granite Chief.

From May09

We then continued out and down the ridge to the next peak over. There was in incredible cornice and huge slide below it. Just so impressive to look at.

From May09

From May09

The snow was getting very soft, so we skied down the ridge and then carefully dropped down and skied to the bottom of an incredible bowl. An hour climb and were were ready to drop back down to the Shirley Lake lift and ski out.

We finished the afternoon off with a fun little mountain bike ride on Loyd's Loop.