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Old crown stretching across bowl between Baldy and Ralston. There was another old avi far skiers left on north slope of Ralston.


bcr






bcr wishing he had all day to lap this...


steeleman on the climb towards echo




angora is dope.






bcr cautiously enters a little chute with rocks below









My favorite line of the tour.















Good times. Thanks bcr and steeleman.

Wow! Really great tour guys. Congrats and thanks for the pics!

awesome. sweet action shots.

Pretty happy with the day , except for almost falling into a giant 15 ft. crevace, that was crowning that hill.3/3/07. Good stuff!
Just another example that focus is the most important aspect of survivial in the backcountry. Don't get caught sleepin. It might be permanent.
Good ride plus exceptional turns. A yearly must do on my list. Or usually thrice. If big momma is willing to cooperate.
Prey for MORE SNOW!!
KOMBIZ

Mmmm....tasty. Your guys's terrain looks so much more fun than ours.

I'll be in Cali friday...finally! Looks sick can't wait.

Can't fake this kind of stoke!! Great shot & report!

Wow...... that looks really tasty.
Quite jealous right now!

Sweet pics dave! That continuous mode is fun huh?
The little Canon Powershots take nice pics too....I think you should borrow that thing more.

Sweet day man, great to see my old buddy the steeleman and your not so bad either. Good times, good times.

We even got to meet some new peops out there too, Kombiz and his bro (I'm horrible with names). You guys had some sweet lines!

Its about fother mucking time! The absence of cali pow tr's from this board was down right depressing. Go harvest that snow with vengence.

Thanks for report. The snow was pretty fun that day. Unfortunately it all has turned to crap. And I heard that it is suppose to get up to 62 degrees today. BULLSHIT!
We need more SNOW. NOW!
KOMBIZ

Love the terrain! Finally some good conditions..

Date: March 3, 2007

Location: Desolation Wilderness, CA

Weather: bluebird, high winds on the ridges

Participants: dishwasher-dave, steeleman, bcrider

Gameplan: power riding, bag two peaks, get to work by 2pm

Duration: 6.5 hours or so

Vertical: not sure

Distance: 5-6 miles

Beta: see pics

Pics: bcrider, dishwasher-dave, steeleman

Intro: I've been staring at two lines in my local haunts for quite some time that I've just never made time to tick off my list. The stars aligned with the work, family, conditions, and partners and I was finally able to grab them both, in the same day.
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The Steeleman…stoked to be out in the bc for the first time this season!


The first ascent is up a south facing slope which made for firm and grippy snow. We were able take a really direct (steep) route and make great time.

At the mid mountain the snow softened a little.


But the winds started picking up the higher we climbed.


And near the top we were skinning like drunk sailors and getting sandblasted by snow.


Looking over to Baldy and the fracture line we spied from our tour on 3-1-07.


The angle from 3-1-07.


Steeleman loving the view.


Desolation Wilderness


With the high winds on the summit and the clock ticking we didn't waste too much before dropping. We also met some other folks up there too that started at a different spot and where topping out just as we were. Everyone was stoked on the climb, weather, and upcoming descent.

Steeleman enjoys some of the chalky goodness off the top.


And then shakes some of the cobwebs out.


diswasher-dave is next.


Steeleman gets his feet under him again and goes next.






bcr has seen enough and takes a sample as well.






dishwasher-dave cant resist a juicy toeside carve on the rollover too.




Next up is another mini pitch and jib, steeleman does the honors.




dave goes next.






bcr hits the next pitch.