TR: SoCal and Mammoth BC on Splits

[Bodhi]

Last Saturday five of us...SFB, WTP, Mr. T, G, and I...and two dogs (Dude and Baily) went up Mt. Islip, a peak a few miles off the closed portion of the Angeles Crest Hwy. We wanted to score Throop Peak, but that will have to wait for another day

Got lucky and hitch-hiked into the area (and back out at the end of the day) with some contractors who were removing "hazzardous trees"

Three of us took our splitboards, but never got a chance to use the skins...too firm and icy, we all just ended up boot-tracking up.



Anthony Booting up








Bodhi and his pup Dude




Dude on apex of Islip Peak




Bodhi-G-Mr. T-WTP-SFB (dogs would not cooperate, they wanted to go down)




Digging a Pit






Dude




WTP trying to flip me off as he glides by





Shameles Plug for Splitboard.com--Depth of the snow was amazing, though.




Bodhi--long haired freak.



Bodhi





Thats not a fifth ski pole bro! Firemen Mr. T and G having fun "coming out" to the road...


peace,
BS.

[Bodhi]

The following pics are from a few jaunts into the bc the past month or so in the Mammoth area...


Smoking Fat Bob making a turn in the sticky stuff on way down to M. San Joaquin River




Snow Nymph backside below Hemlock Ridge




Snow Nymph Mammoth bc




Anthony Skinning up (McGee Area) with Dude and Baily




Mini-Morrison, Mt. Morrison, Baily and Anthony




Bodhi skinning up with Dude (Mt Morrison in Background)




Dude getting some and lovin it.




Dude's Snow Balls...I think he actually enjoyed having something dangle down there again (still pissed at my wife for getting him fixed while I was away on a trip)




Dude found a headrest on my splitboard...outcold




Baily chillin




Dude, done for the day. So were we.


peace,
BS.

[PNWbrit]

Nice pics - great looking dogs. My Golden has been almost as depressed about our winter as I have. I'm looking forward to getting him out on snow again this weekend.

[Joey Bag O' Donuts]

Nice work guys

[Bodhi]

Nice work guys

You need to get out there with us...quit blowing out water pumps, sell that damned POS car, mang.

Doing some stuff the next many w/e in a row...give me a call, dude.

peace,
BS.

[atomicboy]

nice work boys. That is a lot of snow this time of year for socal. Nice you take the pups out on the hill with you. Thanks for taking the time to post the photos.

As for Dude, don't be too upset with Blondie for fixing the young man. It will help eliminate a lot of problems in the years to come disease wise. No joke.

[tarkman1]

No pictures of Mr. T and the Explosiv 2s, he must have smoked all of you on the descent. Ha. Those skis rule.

[Bodhi]

Mr. T is a pretty sweet skier. But I am always too busy riding to get photos much on the way down...remember the bc we did (Pete's Dream) and how none of us got photos of the ride down? I suck at getting pictures once we are moving

peace,
BS.