Of the 62 days since Monarch opened, it had snowed on 48 of them.
Average per day: 5"+
Average per day on the four days leading up to our tour: 10"
900+ acres of sparkling, untouched, drowning-in-powder backcountry mountains.
Was it good? What do you think! A mini-featurette video is in the works, meanwhile, you don't think I would deprive you of the highlights, do you?
The talented Corry pilots the Monarch 'Cat: Bombardier with Butterfly wings.B.C. is trying to score a test drive.
Kelly and Andy were our guides for the day; Chad (standing in the aisle), also a MST guide but off the clock for the day; he just likes hangin' out with the Absolute/Shavano crew...or maybe he was there for the best snow in a decade?
The avalanche danger was pretty high so the guides were up at dawn throwing bombs along this ridge to shake down any loose layers.
Meeting the 'Cat after lunch, Kelly and Andy had to dislodge some wayward hikers who were tryin' to get a free ride up to Mirkwood.
This was my first time riding big wide-open bowls like No Name. Awesome view at the top, and a little intimidating to drop into the first time...
2 comments:
Did you make ANY turns in that video?
;-)
Looks awesome, what a great snow riding winter!
Ed
Quite a few actually! The funny thing about the helmet camera is your head pretty much goes downhill in a straight line while your legs and feet are all over the place...but you can tell from the snow roost that there was some turnin' and burnin' going on. :-)
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