TR: Folger Peak, 7/13/09

[Vets]

Yesterday Dookey67 and I skied Folger Peak.
We treated it sort of like coffee that had been brewed too long and milked it.

Here I am skiing the first of two Folger Peak backside patches:

Lower Highland Lake is in the background.

The hike further up:

Hiram Peak's snow patches and Upper Highland Lake can be seen in the background.


I head down the second backside patch:

Dookey67 follows...


and looks for more snow after the patch runs out:


We found more on the frontside.
Dookey67:



I follow:


Dookey67 continues down:

Then we found a couple of bonus patches to ski.
Dookey67 on the first bonus patch:


I follow:


The second bonus patch was a twisting gully.
Me:

Dookey67:


Me:

Hiking out:

Wild flowers in the foreground and Folger Peak in the background:


Even though the snow was dissappearing fast we made the most of what was left.

[powdork]

well earned.

[Rasputin]

Coolio.

[dookeyXXX]

it was a doozy, too: 6 hour hike/ski venture. we got a late start due to Nash Bridges intervention so our hike out ended around 8:57pm. we found the car just as the darkness began to engulf us.

we didn't take any snaps, but there were a couple of uber gnarly chutes with precarious entries (i almost slipped down the hill trying to look at the entry, then again i've been hiking in 10 y/o Adidas Trailrunners with mondo well-worn soles).

props to Vets for being tour guide.

[SchralphMacchio]

patch skiing:


just like sidewalk surfing

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

Not for me, but I appreciate your effort. Nice work fellas.

[406]

nice photos.

[cdlv]

good job guys

[A2thaK]

I can't explain exactly why, but that last, twisiting gulley looked pretty fun. Sweet TR!

[Vets]

Just a quick reply. I'm visiting Chicago now and have limited world wide intertube access.
Thanks for the kind words.
There is a lot to explore around that area. Definitely need to ski more of it earlier next year with more snow.