Tumalo Splittie Lap

After a rough week in the trenches at work, I managed to shut the computer off after my last meeting on Friday and run up to Tumalo for a quick backcountry lap.  I was dressed for play while holding the last call and watching the minutes click by as we wrapped up the week.

We were in the 60's in town and I was curious to see what the conditions were like up on the hill.  I was skinning by 4 and on the summit by 5.  After a few shots on the way up and at the summit, it was time to go into ride mode and see what the snow had in store.  It was a little on the heavy side and it took a couple of turns to figure out that you had to keep your tip up and lean back a little so as not to get buried in the heavy snow.  I managed to keep enough momentum all the way back down to the parking lot and was back in the car by 5:30.  Woohoo!  What an AWESOME way to finish the week - and start the weekend....

Sisters and BrokenTop on the way up:

 skins tracks and Bachelor on the way up:

 starting to get above tree-line

 summit fish eye with Bachelor on the left and Sisters/BrokenTop on the right

 summit fish eye view including the splittie in skin mode -