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Bear Valley Telemark Festival, February 2002

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Day Three (continued):

EB resting on the skin up

 

Ridgetop view of the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness

     

Digging the first snowpit

 

 

Rachel and EB working hard in the sun

 

     

Nice view over the bowls towards Sonora Pass and Yosemite

 

 

Demonstrating the rutschblock test.

 

     

Rich heads down for some turns

 

 

One good turn deserves another...

 

     
     

... and another

 

 

Shady lunch stop below our ski slope

 

     

Skinning back up in the blazing sun

 

Heading onto the north facing slopes for some more pit digging

 

     

Meanwhile, the other group stands atop the ridge and prepares to rip down

 

 

The centipede heads back to the bus

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