Ruby Mountains: Thomas Canyon

Today was the first day of a week long road trip out to Nevada. I'm at Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountain Range and enjoyed a fine tour with my good friend Elysia. We parked at the first parking area for snowmobilers and skinned up the main road past the beautiful Terminal Cancer couloir.

We then took a right turn and headed up Thomas Canyon enjoying easy travel on a previous skin track and snowmobile track.

Looking back down canyon.

We found some nice gladed bowls near the head of the canyon. Elysia skins up.

Soon we found ourselves at the top of a ridge with terrific views. Mt Fitzgerald.

Majestic Snow Lake Peak.

We found good skiing in the glades, which were heavily tracked by the helicopter ski operation.

Still plenty of room for fresh track for us though. The snow was getting a bit heavy lower down as the temperature rose. Still were able to find a little fair skiing here and there on the way out. Mostly we just zoomed out on the snowmo track! 

Back to the road we found ourselves in the snowmobile zone complete with impressive hill climbers, fast racers, and cute kids enjoying the day.

What a way to start the road trip! Thanks Elysia!