tmartenst
02-13-2011, 11:12 PM
Headed up for some 'slackcountry' today. Started at Snowbird and took the Gad 2 hike up to the White Pine ridge. Plan was to ski over by Red Baldy but we were flexible due to variable conditions.
The hike to the ridge went quickly. The hike up the ridge to the top of the Birthday Chutes was very icy and traversing out to the top of the Birthdays was tricky. The top 40 turns or so was not so great. Very hard packed and wind buffed. From there it turned nice in spots and hard in other spots that had sun damage. In the trees was fantastic. Seeing how bad the top section was, we decided against Red Baldy and instead, headed down through the trees and skinned back up to the West side of the canyon. We had another fantastic run through that tree section as well before we headed down.
I had forgotten my helmet at the ski patrol sign out at the top of Gad 2 so I had to go back to retrieve it. Riding my splitboard at the resort felt a little odd. Riding with no helmet and no hat while in White Pine was reminiscent of the 80s as well but I made it work.
Heading up from Snowbird
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Ice
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Crazy Wind Buff
41666
Nice View. White Pine Canyon looking down to Little Cottonwood Canyon and Salt Lake City
41664
The top of one of the Birthday Chutes. This was not a soft part of my run!
41663
Heading up for another lap
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41661
The hike to the ridge went quickly. The hike up the ridge to the top of the Birthday Chutes was very icy and traversing out to the top of the Birthdays was tricky. The top 40 turns or so was not so great. Very hard packed and wind buffed. From there it turned nice in spots and hard in other spots that had sun damage. In the trees was fantastic. Seeing how bad the top section was, we decided against Red Baldy and instead, headed down through the trees and skinned back up to the West side of the canyon. We had another fantastic run through that tree section as well before we headed down.
I had forgotten my helmet at the ski patrol sign out at the top of Gad 2 so I had to go back to retrieve it. Riding my splitboard at the resort felt a little odd. Riding with no helmet and no hat while in White Pine was reminiscent of the 80s as well but I made it work.
Heading up from Snowbird
41665
Ice
41662
41667
Crazy Wind Buff
41666
Nice View. White Pine Canyon looking down to Little Cottonwood Canyon and Salt Lake City
41664
The top of one of the Birthday Chutes. This was not a soft part of my run!
41663
Heading up for another lap
41660
41661