There was mention in another thread to start up a separate patchskiing thread. @Philpug also mentioned writing an article on patchskiing. I hope to start on that soon. For now with it being May I may begin.
Instead of posting a separate TR for every patchskiing day, I'm going to put them in one thread. I hope that others will add to this. I also hope to provide views, creamed corn and soft-serve snow images, along with some dog stoke.
I'll post a few highlights from each day.
To see more just click on the link for http://patchskiing.com
Bald Mountain, Pinenut Range, May 6, 2017
For years, on many occasions after a snow storm, I would look up at the mountains we can see from the deck of our house and see a nice looking snow patch form on Bald Mountain in the southern part of the Pinenut Range. Often this snow patch would disappear after a few days. However, this winter I noticed that the snow up there had staying power. It was time to ski it. Since there were afternoon thunderstorms predicted, a quick morning mission was in order. This meant driving part way up the road to 7,200 ft. and "storming the castle" to the top of the snow just below the 9,228 ft. peak of Bald Mountain.
Here is a self-timer photo from my second run.
Makisha in the foreground with the snow patches below Bald Mountain in the background.
Penny at the top of the last snow patch.
Makisha watches Stev ski down the last snow patch.
The storm kicked in while I was taking my boots off. Even though we were soaked by the time we got back to the truck, this was well worth it.
Instead of posting a separate TR for every patchskiing day, I'm going to put them in one thread. I hope that others will add to this. I also hope to provide views, creamed corn and soft-serve snow images, along with some dog stoke.
I'll post a few highlights from each day.
To see more just click on the link for http://patchskiing.com
Bald Mountain, Pinenut Range, May 6, 2017
For years, on many occasions after a snow storm, I would look up at the mountains we can see from the deck of our house and see a nice looking snow patch form on Bald Mountain in the southern part of the Pinenut Range. Often this snow patch would disappear after a few days. However, this winter I noticed that the snow up there had staying power. It was time to ski it. Since there were afternoon thunderstorms predicted, a quick morning mission was in order. This meant driving part way up the road to 7,200 ft. and "storming the castle" to the top of the snow just below the 9,228 ft. peak of Bald Mountain.
Here is a self-timer photo from my second run.
Makisha in the foreground with the snow patches below Bald Mountain in the background.
Penny at the top of the last snow patch.
Makisha watches Stev ski down the last snow patch.
The storm kicked in while I was taking my boots off. Even though we were soaked by the time we got back to the truck, this was well worth it.