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Day
One:
Nate
and I left the Tahoe Pad and made it to the Bayview
Trailhead at Emerald Bay around 7:30am. We were
on the snow about 30 minutes later. Under cloudless skies, we skinned
our way up the hillside to Granite Lake. A magnificent
early morning view over Eagle Falls Canyon and Emerald Bay
greeted us at the first overlook. Across the canyon,
Jakes Peak and the Emerald Bay chutes were
sparkling in the early morning sunlight. Right then I knew it
was to be a special weekend. Winding our way past
lovely Granite Lake, we made good progress
skinning up the steep
slopes to Maggie's Cleavage, the saddle between North and
South Maggies Peaks. From the saddle,
fine views
of Dicks Peak and Kalmia Ridge opened up to the west,
complimenting our vista of the southern half of Lake Tahoe
to the west.
I
reached Chris on the radio. He and Zeke and Fred were
already skinning up Peak 9,190' above camp. Nate and I
peeled skins and quickly dropped the 500' or so to the
campsite, where we met Charley and Mark. After digging
a quick snowshelter, Nate, Mark and I skinned back up and
followed the gang
up Peak 9,190'. Charley headed off
to ski the glades above Dicks Lake.
While
we were skinning up, Zeke and Fred
dropped down the east bowl and skied the gentle 1,500'
run to Azure Lake. As we
arrived just below the summit of Peak 9,190', we
admired their tracks and looked forward to our turn down
the slope. Chris also dropped
into the east bowl,
airing off the cornice and then
arcing out into the lower bowl. Chris looked
pumped as he slid up to us, and then
de-boarded in order
to join us in booting back up to the summit.
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