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While
it's a shame that the
early snow has made the
hiking and biking trails
a bit muddy, the skiing
up high has been
fantastic. As
Megan reported, several
Ute employees and
friends went up to
Montezuma Basin on
Sunday, October 22.
Max, Mark, Heidi, and I
met up with Brian,
Kristina, and Megan for
the long skin up to the
Basin. |
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We parked
about one mile past the
end of the pavement.
The road was so slippery
that we had trouble
standing around to get
our skins on, let alone
driving farther up the
road. |
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We caught
up to Megan and Kristina
doing the skin the hard
way on tele gear.
"It's not how fast you
go, it's how good you
look doing it." It
was a cold morning, but
sunshine and blue skies
waited for us around the
corner. |
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There was
barely enough snow down
low. We even had
to take our skis off to
cross a stream at one
point. |
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Max is
waiting for us again and
checking out his line on
the distant peak that we
would ski in a week's
time. |
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Tracks
made on Saturday were
visible across the
valley. We passed
their skin track knowing
that it would be better
up in Montezuma Basin. |
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These
snowmobiles passed us
about half way up to the
Basin. They were
stopped about a mile
from the end of the road
for some reason.
We eventually met up
with the four skiers
from the snowmobiles as
they whooped and
hollered while making
turns down from Castle
Peak. |
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The line
we were planning on
skiing is on the near
side of the ridge on the
left. |
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Despite
the bright sun, a stiff
wind on the ridge made
it cold. Despite
the chill, Heidi and Max
are smiling after seeing
the slope that we get to
ski down. |
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The first
few turns were dicey,
over wind-packed snow
and some rocks.
But the conditions below
were impeccable. |
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The
powder was knee deep and
the snow was fluffy.
After Max skied the
entire 1000+ feet of
vertical without
stopping, the rest of us
decided that that was
the goal. You can
tell which tracks belong
to the tele skier.
After an earlier run on
the upper snowfield and
this run, we were tired
and grateful that all we
had left was a mellow
downhill back to our
cars. |
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