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| Greg Louie drops into Stokes Bowl |
Greg Louie spent the night after skiing a great day at Alpental. He had some brand new Atomic Backland ski touring boots. He had recently attended the Salomon/atomic product release at Steven's and had managed to score some new boots. He was excited to get out for a tour and try them out. Unfortunately freezing levels had gone up and rain had soaked the snowpack from top to bottom. We toured out from Alpental Lot 4 towards source lake then up through big trees. The trail out was really kind of a pain in the neck. As we climbed out of the valley we began to realize that not only was the skiing bad, but the avalanche danger was not something to be messed with. We decided to drop draft dodger and wrap the cleave to get out of the high alpine as soon as possible. A couple of ski cuts on a steeper slope, set off good wet snow slides that started about six inches thick, over a firm crust, and quickly gained speed. All in all, it turned out to be a good day outside. Even if the snow was super thick and heavy, and our rain gear was soaked, it was still nice to get out.
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| Greg and Scott |
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| Scott |
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