Sunday, August 17, 2008

Helmet Cam Action.......Falsa Lenas

Big day before the biggest dump of the season. Five hours of hiking for this beauty. The conditions were perfect and the snow on the upper face was nearly boot-top. Just over 5000 vertical feet top to bottom and nearly 3000 of it above 40 degrees so no complaints.

Tom leading the charge up Chico Lenas. The shorter peak to the right is the namesake of the bowl and we end us skinning the ridgeline in front of us and then skiing the spines and/or ridges that can be seen to lookers left from the ridgeline. All four of us had great lines with a little air and some great snow. We have no ski photos as you can see the blinding sun making it's way on to our line there were no photos that turned out.
Tom, Dave, and Jose making the tour look easy....well I guess it is a pretty nice way to spend 5 hours on a beautiful sunny day
This the neighbors hippy van getting hammered on night 1 of the biggest storm yet. This photo was taken about 4 hours after it had started snowing......powdery dreams lead to another powdery down day.


Snow, Snow, Snow......this is what it looked like on night three of the last storm. Over 1.5 meters of snow fell at the mid-mountain stake. In Imperial terms.....over 41/2 feet of the goodness.
I have tried to post some of the helmet cam footage but after 3 and half hours of waiting for one video and still nothing I am going to throw in the towel for now. I will give it another shot again soon. Until then enjoy the photos and think snow.



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