Man, all these TR’s from Washington and the Rockies are killin me. I had to post a TR so we can put a Tahoe TR in the mix.

Puff Nattie and I headed OB from Kirkwood on Sunday morning 12.11.05.

Nat had her NEW PRIOR 158 SPLITBOARD 😀 😀 😀

Big thanks to Fin at Bomber and the splitboard.com store.

We skinned over to Thunder Mtn. and looked down a nice powder bowl. I knew that around the corner would be questionable, but little did I know how questionable the snow cover and exposure would be.

Dropping in

We ride the upper section but can’t really see the lower section. So I drop in and discover cliff bands, rocks, and peppered sections. Oh no.

I stop on this overhanging finger littered with rocks. With careful instructions to Nat, she rides into this choke section and cleanly rides through it with only a little bump on a rock.

Nat riding through the choke

I hop a rock, we descent down some powder covered avi rubble and are out in one piece.

We skin half way up towards Camel Rock until snow becomes hardpack and get a pretty good ride down trying to avoid close out gullies and low snow terrain.

Skin up to Martin Point for a nice finish through mostly good powder back to the truck.

View of Thunder Mtn. from Martin Pt.

Sorry for the dark photos.

Boards are still in good shape and we are waiting for the next dump. 😈