Back home from Europe, mostly recovered from the jet lag, fighting back a slight cold, I felt the need to get up in the hills.
Figured I'd ease into it with a roadside tour up McGee. The lines down to Crowley Lake Drive are dry at the bottom but a short drive up McGee Creek Road brought me to continuous snow.
Left the car at 6:30. Started booting since the party ahead had put in a good boot track.
The main attraction here.
I elected to get off the beaten path and headed up this chute. Booting was punchy so I switched to skinning with crampons - which was efficient.
The chute led to this beautiful bowl.
Views to Red Mtn (left) and Nevahbe Ridge (right).
Sweet views at the top. From left to right White Fang, Mt Morrison, Bloody (w/ Old Man's Bowl in front) and Laurel.
Headed down around 9:00 and found good snow at the top gradually getting softer and stickier further down. A couple of short sections of mank, but mostly supportable. Pretty darn fun overall.
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