Saturday, May 13, 2023

Old Friend, New Friends

 I spent the last four days skiing with an old college buddy, Tim, and his three friends Dave, Dave, and Syd. We had a load of fun!

 The first day out we did a tour on McGee Mountain. The crew was acclimating to the altitude so we kept it short.

Tim busts a move on the skin track.

We found decent skiing almost all the way to the car.


After a super fun day skiing lifts at Mammoth we decided to ski the Sherwins near Mammoth. The leader (me) got a little off route at the bottom of the hike which resulted in some bonus exertion, but no one seemed to mind too much.

Back on the trail it still wasn't exactly easy strolling.

Tim was happy to finally reach snow.

The main Avy Path skied great.


Tim on the exit across the meadow with our ski line behind.

On the final day the guys had found their mountain legs, so we went for a longer tour up Table Mountain outside of Bishop.

Dave & Dave approach the summit.

Dave, Syd, Tim, and Dave pose for a summit photo. All smiles!

We found a little stretch with sun cups up high, but most of the run was nice smooth corn. Syd cruises.

Dave liked it too.

More Syd a little lower.


 Super fun set of days. It was great to reconnect with Tim and meet his buddies. Lots of laughs, lots of good skiing!


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