This morning Lars and I were heading up to Alta in hopes of finding the perfect corn we experieinced earlier in the week. As we drove by Tanner's we looked up and saw a fair amount of snow in the upper chute which caused Lars to slam on the brakes. In a matter of a few seconds our plans changed. I forgot a real camera but the phone seemed to do a decent job.
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| Lars finding out Tanner's is not filled in |
Towards the top of Tanner's we ran into the Bear 100 champ Brian Peterson, Matthew Van Horn, and 3 others. Collectively the 5 of them had put in a rock hard booter for which Lars and I were quite grateful. Given the time savings, we figured we'd drop into Broad Fork and check out the E Face of Twins. It was a mixed bag of nice corn, rocks, and isothermic slush but anyday on Twins is a good day. Escepcially if the sun is out, you're on skis, and in a T shirt.
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| Summiting SLC Twins |
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| Corn on the upper East Face |
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| Turned into slop lower down |
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| Headig back up to Tanner's with the boney E. Face in the background |
The ski out down Tanner's was perfect (including the large amounts of walking and the waterfall that required a bit of down climbing). It was a great morning but it certainly seems like the skiing days in the Wasatch are coming to a close.
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| Every bit of snow in Tanner's skied well |
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| Lars hoping he doesn't fall into the waterfall below him |
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| No skiing to the car |
One more storm and it'll be good to go!
ReplyDeleteJason- I'm envious. E Face looks super lean but fun. Like Chris says, one more good storm and you'll be set for another month of turns. Great post!
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