My ski season is finally over (at 208 days on snow) - last weekend I did one last hurrah and did the long hike to some decent skiing behind Bells Flats. I also skied the snow dregs one last time on Pyramid. And then I took the ski gear out of the car and put it all away in the shed. Yesterday I went for my first mountain bike ride of the year, and then went for a paddle board on Mill Bay with Nora. It's summer and time to switch recreational activities.
That said there is still plenty of snow behind Bells Flats - it's just that it is too long of a hike to get back there. Bode and I did a run down the backside that was something like 1500 feet vertical. And then on the ski back to the car we did a run that was a mile long. But it also takes almost 3 hours to drive out there and then hike on back to the top of the run.
On Pyramid the top of the North Bowl was still good. The middle had melted out but the top 300 feet vertical was still a decent run. But it was also not long for this world, and these days there are too many hikers on the mountain. I'm tired of them asking, 'is there still snow?', or 'did you find any snow?' Like I'd carry my skis up there if there was no snow.
So yesterday I went mountain biking. It was very hot and the road to the top of Pillar Mountain was dusty with all the cars driving past. I missed the cool breeze off the snow.
Patrick
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| The run back towards Bells Flats went on and on - not very steep but LONG |
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| Bode and I dropped way down into this ravine |
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| Last of the snow on Pyramid |
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