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Deep
Creek. I
wanted to check out the east side of Tinkers Knob and
pitched the sell to the group…they were in. On the
ridge the winds were strong and we were glad to get
off it.
We dropped off the north side of the
ridge behind the hut towards Deep Creek and found some
good snow. Once down in the valley, we
skinned beneath the peaks at the head of Deep Creek
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Below Tinker Knob.
Once
at the base of Tinker we took the lookers right ridge
to the main ridge. We found some cool features in the
terrain and good snow. BCD carves a triple
over-head set wave and looks down the barrel. |
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Carving. Firefighter
Dan enjoys the windpack (left), while I ride the spine
(below left) and
backside slash my set wave (below). |
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Mmcpheet.
Our trusty photographer also gets his turns on (photo:
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Textured Snow. One of the
things that draws me to the backcountry is the natural
aspects of the winter environment. Here is a taste of
the beauty the mountains offer in the winter that you
just don’t see in summer thanks to Matt’s eye.
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Liftoff. On our way back down the valley
towards our uptrack, BCD found this little jump for
some splitboard testing. Cool colors on the
rocks. |
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My Turn.
I follow right behind Dan.
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Skin Time. I was on an '04 Burton Split,
BCD was on a home split Burton board with Voile
hardware, and Firefighter Dan was on a Voile Board.
(photo: C.Gallardo)
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No
Name. Back on top, we traversed over to
the impressive ridge of serrated no-name peaks that
connects Tinker Knob to Silver Peak where mmcpheet
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Hut Loungin'. We made it back to the hut
to find two new hut mates, a couple from Tahoe City
(AT skiers). We enjoyed some Guinness and talked
about the day over grub. Here are the two
splitter Dans. (photo C. Gallardo).
Sleep came easy that night in the hut as it always
does after a good day of skinning and riding.
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