Thankful for the TGR troops. For posting up snow and dirt stoke. And helping convince me it should be a multi sport weekend,
My son and I hit Sidewinder and Lower Corral yesterday. We stopped 5 times on the climb so he could rest, but each time he found an adventure investigating the burn, a frozen rivulet, bouldering and generally mucking about. We had a great ride down and at the bottom he exclaimed "best ride ever," and agreed the climb was well worth it.
Today I took my godson and his dad out touring about. My godsons first time on skins. I stuck him with my 191 On3p OG Wrens with Dukes. He got a workout. We were going to head for Thimble Bowl, but there was no snow on Whiskey or at the base of 10, so we opted for the more direct Montes. It was a good call. We skinned the entire way, except for a short boot pack through a firm exposed section. Montes skied well, but the lower mountain skied better.
I did get on it late, as when I was about to click in, I noticed one of my heel pieces was too far back. Upon further investigation, the heel piece had blown up at some time and I could not adjust it. Luckily it was mounted to plates and I was able to unmount and fiddle with it to get the pins aligned right. Well, it took four times of doing that, but I finally got it right.
So, also thankful that I carry a multi tool. But it's a good reminder to check equipment at the start of each season. Not sure when this issue occurred with this heel piece, but it would have sucked walking down from the top of 6.
The choke on Montes is pretty thin. Any more melt and it might not go. Very little snow at all in the Caples Crest area or anything west facing, so getting to the backside would be a lot of dry hiking or maze through the corral. Otherwise, they look like they have enough snow to run chair 5 for next Friday. But its tight with that, They need some cold nights or a better forecast.
