On the High Sierra Traverse, Yu begin pointing out crazy solar phenomenon such as sun dogs and sun halos. Here he pointed out a faint sun halo around the sun, as well as a rainbow near the Black Mountain ridgeline. These are surprisingly common to see, so keep an eye out. A protected eye cause the sun is kind of bright.
Andrew ripped some great turns for only his second day on telemark gear this season.
It took until the middle of May to get some good corn snow conditions, though we weren't exactly compaining about all the April powder. Still, it was fun to harvest the Eastern Sierra corn.
Where exactly were we? Funny you should ask:
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After the fact: It turns out Lou Dawson, epic mountaineer / backcountry skier / blogger, skied Black Mountain the day after we did. It was a quick stop on his way to skiing a little old mountain known in some circles as Denali. Check out his Virginia Lakes blog post on Wild Snow.
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