The Virginia Lakes Trailhead parking lot proved to be a great place to sleep, and a great place to get some spring turns. Andrew modeled great bootpacking technique as we scaled South Peak, enjoying views of glassy Mono Lake all the way to the top.
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:
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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