Anthony Lakes, take 2.

Our plan this morning was to see if Anthony Lakes really got the goods out of the recent PNW storm or not. Anthony is only open Thurs-Sun so there is no snow report Mon-Wed. We had to wait until just after 5:00 a.m. this morning. Unfortunately, I slept poorly so I was up at that hour anyway.

18″ since Sunday. 18 inches. Of powder. Get up!

Given the overall forecast we expected ongoing stormy weather so we were pleasantly surprised to see bluebird skies on the drive up.

The Elkhorn Mountains from the Baker Valley.

We didn’t arrive much before 9:00, but we got ready quickly and were down at the lift before it opened. We were not alone, but you could never call it crowded!

The snow was amazing. Not the lightest powder, but it covered any trace of whatever was packed down underneath. The rocks/trees were also much better covered than a week ago. Hopefully these storms keep coming.

I don’t have a lot of pictures because I took my Sony Action Cam and took video. Unfortunately, I am not a great or quick video editor so I’m still working on putting something together from the footage. Here is a short clip of one run on Avalanche.

The sunny skies didn’t last and the snow returned. By the end of the day our tracks were starting to get refilled and we were still getting face shots in fresh powder.

Here’s some other random shots of the day.

The four visible peaks are all skiable in the right conditions. From left to right: Gunsight; Angel; Lees; Lookout. Back when I worked at Anthony I telemark skied all of them except Lees.
I found a nice rock to jump off in the woods. Sara took this picture of where I ended up.
Sometimes you get the face shots; sometimes the trees get the face shots. Sara said it looked a lot better with the snow/ice on my beard that soaked up the blood.
A screenshot from the video of the first run of the day. I wonder why my neck is sore tonight?!

Our original plan was to head to Idaho for another session tomorrow, but our plans changed and we are back to keep working on the van tomorrow!

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