Yesterday, Ben, Yeuhi, and I skied Moosliauke. There was a pretty decent amount of snow, and they picked up 5 inches or so in the last weather system Saturday.
A bridge.
Yeuhi going up the Gorge Brook trail.
Ben after he lost his balance while digging out his gorp and fell upside down into that tree.
My goggles case.
Ben preparing to enter the wind tunnel.
Following Yeuhi up to the summit in low-vis. Also, my mitten.
Sorry for the bad photos. It was so windy we could barely stand up and got knocked over at least once.
Yeuhi in the trenches.
The lee of the summit rock.
We ripped skins (except Yeuhi) and poked cairn to cairn along to the south summit for a quarter mile of some of the most punishing conditions I've been in. 0 F and 40-60 mph wind. Sometimes I was snowplowing to resist the force of the wind.
Reentered the trees and got down onto the Carriage Road. Creamy first tracks up high, but it had seen probably half a dozen skiers for much of its mid-section. Still good snow and a lot of nice turns though.
Ben moonwalking.
The Dartmouth Outing Club's Ravine Lodge.
Skating out the Ravine Lodge Road back to the car.
Good timing for the ski out.
11.8 mi, 2700 ft of relief.
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