Usually try to get to Red Baldy once a season... and with the season winding down early I figured this morning it was now or never.
First good view of the objective.
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Lake Peak looked nice, less wind-affected; tempting, but I kept to my objective.
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Starting around 10K the winds got nasty and failure was looming, but I pushed through and winds calmed a bit near the summit. Not the bluebird day I had hoped for, but not too bad.
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Turns were OK, with a few hidden frozen clunkers lurking here and there. Down at 10K in the trees the skiing was very nice 4" dust on crust, down to 9K where it started to get a little sticky.
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8K was full-on roller ball heaven.
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Fun outing, for a season a little short on good ski days.
-john