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Rippin' pow at the end of April.
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Kirk Miller starting the face in early August, 150' below Torreys summit. A short step, 40 degrees maybe, separates him from the wide open snow. Then another choke, partly hidden, guards the junction with the left (west) fork and more steep turns. Like the North Pole at A-Basin for 2,000+ feet. You can see where the snow just ends, with no safe run out of snow. <br>
Pencil lines and arrows are on all the gullies I've seen tracks in. Pretty good spring training area for Denver ski mountaineers.
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Jason Kaplan
Apr 30, 2007
“Rippin' pow at the end of April.”  

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Rippin' pow at the end of April.
Pencil lines and arrows are on all the gullies I've seen tracks in. Pretty good spring training area for Denver ski mountaineers.
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Kirk Miller starting the face in early August, 150' below Torreys summit. A short step, 40 degrees maybe, separates him from the wide open snow. Then another choke, partly hidden, guards the junction with the left (west) fork and more steep turns. Like the North Pole at A-Basin for 2,000+ feet. You can see where the snow just ends, with no safe run out of snow. <br>