I actually toured with a partner today! Rick reached out and we met for a tour up in June Lake. Rode lifts to the top of June Mountain, skied down to Yost Meadow, then skinned up to the "Ghost Trees"
The area got 4" to 6" of wet heavy snow and more fell throughout the day. Felt like the Pacific Northwest.
Looking back at June Mountain
Not fluffy powder but still really fun skiing up in the Ghost Trees zone. Took two runs there.
We then skinned over to the top of Devils Slide with views of Gull Lake (frozen), June Lake, and Mono Lake.
Devils slide is an awe inspiring ski. Just beautiful. We enjoyed good skiing in the upper third, fair skiing in the middle third and poor skiing the bottom third on nasty slush.
We had a good old time out there today. Skiing wasn't as good as it has been lately, but still lots of fun. Nice to have a partner.
The ESAC avalanche forecast was Considerable above and near treeline and moderate below. We were on our toes for sure. Here is Rick's observation submitted to ESAC:
https://www.esavalanche.org/content/storm-and-wind-slabs-june-backcountry
I deliberately kicked off this small slab on a little convex rollover.
Otherwise only small cracking that did not propagate, no collapsing and no observed naturals. Lots of rollerballs in Devils Slide from previous days though.
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Nice day.
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