Parted ways with the other SkiNCers today to go touring with a buddy from TGR and friend. Was hoping to find some of the 17 inches of blower that fell on Tuesday left in the protected north-northeast facing areas. You can judge whether or not we were successful.
You can actually see the north face of Kessler to your right as you are driving up BCC. You can access the peak via a long slog from the other side of Days Fork or the Argenta slide path, which we chose. Argenta actually gets skied quite a bit as a run in it's own right...though I don't really see why. Go a little farther to attain the ridge and you can access a load of sick, sick terrain. We started skinning by 8:30, were at the peak by 11:30ish, and were finished by 1:00. This is our route, green is up, blue is down (we skied the East ramp):
Was it a waste of my time to spend an entire day skiing only one run? The answer is no when the run is 2300 ft of either A. Blower or B. Creamy pow pow
First, the scenics. It's truly amazing how tracked out backcountry areas get here. Also amazing: the scenery. Mineral fork:
Time for some skiing. Dibs dropping:
Dibs friend Topher was an absolute ripper, and on tele to boot. I think he likes it:
I'd say the snow was holding up just fine:
The presence of white smoke is a good sign:
The snow held up all the way down:
This was at the very bottom of the drainage, the last few turns. Snow still fantastic:
This was old hat for the guys I was skiing with, but for me it was truly an all-time day.
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TR: UT D1, Kessler Peak
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carvebeast
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definitely all time ec. looks like a pretty dedicated mission and incredible reward.
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skiing rules
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yea that snow doesn't suck! good job all around.
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KneeDeep
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I'm not sure how I missed this one, but great job and sick pictures! Very Nice, EC'er. That 4th skiing shot is $$$.
Now I'm looking forward to photo****ting it up when you're out here in a couple months since none of my friends bother to bring their cameras when we go skiing.
Now I'm looking forward to photo****ting it up when you're out here in a couple months since none of my friends bother to bring their cameras when we go skiing.
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skiing rules
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Truly inspiring scenery in BCC. The only down side of living in Alta is that the BCC access is limited. I wish I had been able to rally for that tour.
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skiing rules
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Damn and I just realized I had that day off work. Woulda been a perfect first tour after my bday as I turned 21 the day before. fvck
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skifishbum
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So Im scourin the intertubes bingin my irie rasta furkids name and whamos
some jongs spraggin bout my damn happy place and some hippies freaks who dragged his bum up to one the few bcc peaks that doesnt share the lcc ridge line.
Usin them goofy reverersed chambered reverse Bdizzled mega POW whompers
If its all tracked out next season I'll be pissed
Take Mr. Millers advice drop out of school tune in to mother nature and move west 2 become a skibum before your another year older when you do
Take my advice marry well hot and letters like DPT or MD are hudge +++'s
As the ability and willingness to row and break trail also
Im droppin some sfbs stokes for your threadz
medaski martin and wood and fresh pow ftw
[VIMEO]
10 from the Sheeps Pen Vol 1 from Skifishbum on Vimeo.[VIMEO]
and a pic of KESSLER aka sfd
Dont worry I have enough kessler pics to keep this stellar tr on pge#1
Hope to ski ya around this season
BRO
some jongs spraggin bout my damn happy place and some hippies freaks who dragged his bum up to one the few bcc peaks that doesnt share the lcc ridge line.
Usin them goofy reverersed chambered reverse Bdizzled mega POW whompers
If its all tracked out next season I'll be pissed
Take Mr. Millers advice drop out of school tune in to mother nature and move west 2 become a skibum before your another year older when you do
Take my advice marry well hot and letters like DPT or MD are hudge +++'s
As the ability and willingness to row and break trail also
Im droppin some sfbs stokes for your threadz
medaski martin and wood and fresh pow ftw
[VIMEO]
10 from the Sheeps Pen Vol 1 from Skifishbum on Vimeo.[VIMEO]
and a pic of KESSLER aka sfd
Dont worry I have enough kessler pics to keep this stellar tr on pge#1
Hope to ski ya around this season
BRO
