Well this was a very random, not thought out trip that turned into some of the best skiing i have had all year. I planned on taking a drive up to mayflower to go ski gold hill but as i was driving out of copper i saw that the trees in between gasoline ally and poop shoot on peak 4. From the road it look like it had some nice open spots that could be good skiing. With no real plan what to do i crossed the street, parked at the bike path trail head and headed off! I skinned straight up towards the bottom of gasoline ally then headed into the trees. This was one of the hardest skin tracks i have every set! The trees area nicely spaced but a little steeper then i thought. I dug a pit and was not worried with what i saw, i started zig zag'ing up the 40-50 degree treeded slope. After 39 zig zags i was at treeline. Knowing that the avi danger was a lot higher above treeline and wind loading being a big concern, i stop there and geared up. I had sorta seen where the open spots where as i skinned up so i dropped in and tried to link up open spot to open spot, sure as shit it worked! AWESOME knee deep, 45 degree tree skiing! I got to the bottom and cut out into the bottom of poop shoot. It is super flat but a fun little cool down. All in all i new i busting my ass to get up there and it was well worth it! |
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