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    TR - Blue Lakes Road Ridge Dusk Patrol Recon Ski Mission, 5/23/14

    After working all week I wanted to ski and see about future ski options. Plan A was to ski the B Cup Chutes near The Nipple off of Blue Lakes Road. I heard that the road was open up to the 4th gate which is about 7 miles in. Upon arriving I could see that the 4th gate was closed. I also found that the gate on the dirt road that goes to the B cup chutes was locked. Plan B became skiing a ridge on the opposite side of the road just past the 4th gate.

    Makisha encourages me to keep hiking up:


    Penny tests the snow:

    I also skied the hourglass like patch seen on the upper left.

    A Panorama of the east ridge, and northeast chutes of The Nipple and the B Cup Chutes:


    Penny above the last two ridges I skied:


    (Front to Back) Makisha, Lhasas, Penny, cornice on ridge, Blue Lakes Road:


    Blue Lakes Road Ridge:

    I skied from upper looker's left, down to lower looker's right with a couple short dirt/rock crossings in between.

    I'll gladly ski this ridge again. Hopefully they will open the 4th gate to allow access to The Nipple soon.

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    we want to see you tickle that nipple !!!
    We, the RATBAGGERS, formally axcept our duty is to trigger avalaches on all skiers ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadam View Post
    we want to see you tickle that nipple !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vets View Post
    Noice!

    It looks thinner than when we took the french kid up there, vets.
    No big patch up top?

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    Quote Originally Posted by splat View Post
    Noice!

    It looks thinner than when we took the french kid up there, vets.
    No big patch up top?
    Splat, That photo is from late June 2008. The coverage is much better right now. The north facing bowl looks like it is still filled in, I don't have a recent picture of this though, just the east and northeast faces shown in my first post.

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    Vets - you done with school now?
    Taking the gf skiing at either Blue Lakes or Ebbets Monday; hoping you can make it.

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    Always love seeing pictures of the ski hounds Love those dogs like my own kids.... Keep up the good Patch Work Vets!

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    Quote Originally Posted by splat View Post
    Vets - you done with school now?
    Taking the gf skiing at either Blue Lakes or Ebbets Monday; hoping you can make it.
    Splat, Yes I am. Skied a portion of Folger yesterday since Highland Lakes Road is open/passable to just past the cabins. More snow there than Ebbetts has right now. Count me in for a Monday mission wherever we decide to go.

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