We celebrate the Winter Solstice on Big Creek summit.
- December 21, 2021
- Team: John & Tamara
- splattski 2021
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First turns of the season! I let John convince me that despite the super warm temps yesterday, we should go ski. When we got to the parking lot, his advice was seeming pretty solid. 25° and tons of snow in the trees. And sunshine! |
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After the normal parking lot shenanigans, we were on our way. |
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The higher you get, the higher you get. |
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And there's Rip-skin Rock. For the non-ski reader, 'ripping skins' is when you take the climbing skins off your skis. No injuries anticipated. |
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King John surveying his domain. |
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They went that-a-way. About here is when I realized that our long tea break with the black bases of my skis in the warm sunshine was causing a slight icing problem. |
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| But we got that solved and were soon doing some really sweet turns. The snow was getting a little heavy- dang that sunshine! |  |
| The snow was both a little heavy and fairly bottomless. At one point Ruby fell into a tree well. And here you can see it's right up to her chin. |  |
Movie of a tired puppy. Thanks again John and Tam! |
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