Ann, her pup Olive, and I skied the southeast chute on Basin Mountain this morning. We left the truck around 6:30 with mild temps and moderate breezes.
A pleasant 15 or 20 minute walk brought us to continuous snow.
Looking up the chute.
We skinned the low angle approach.
Then booted with crampons up the chute proper.
Mostly good booting with a little post holing brought us to the ridge with views into the "basin" part of Basin Mountain. Great granite landscape.
Ann, Olive, and Mt Tom
A peek into the basin. The snow slope low is the bottom part of the giant Basin Couloir.
Ann & Olive enjoy the snow.
Last night's refreeze was not as solid as previous nights but the snow still held up really well. We began our descent around 10:15 and found good skiing all the way down. Would have been a bit better a half hour earlier but not much. Another fine day in the hills!
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