A new canyon to ski

 

On Friday I went XC skiing up into the Russian River canyon. I checked my old blog and I don't think I've gone skiing there in almost 20 years. However, it used to be a favorite. I think I sort of forgot about it as an option when we had a run of warm winters in the 2010's. It is an area that only sets up for skiing after particularly long cold snaps.

Anyway, for old posts about the Russian River click here and here for some ski tours and here for a whitewater trip - and finally here for a post where I describe the trip along with other places to XC ski.

The old blog post linked above where I describe places to cross country skiing got me thinking (map but not descriptions shown below). I used to be pretty adventurous about places to go cross country skiing! Also I noticed that it is missing 2 of my favorite places to XC ski. These are places where I did not XC 20 years ago. 

These 2 places are the plateau and bowls above and behind the ski chalet and the big bowl on the north side of Sharatin Mountain. Both are places where I like to go skate skiing when the snow is skimpy down low. But go check out the old blog post linked above to find out more about these areas.

Patrick

I did not even see the duck in this photo when I took the picture