Five days before our trip to the Tetons, Yeuhi,. Alex, and I skied a solid day on Mt Washington together. We wanted to do at least 6000 vertical feet, as this would be the vertical of some of the harder days we planned for Wyoming, such as the Skillet Glacier and Buck Mountain. So we got up early, slogged it up to Pinkham Notch, and parked way down on route 16, along with the 6000 or 7000 other people headed up the mountain that day.
We crossed over to the Sherburne for the second half of the way up. Dodge's up center, looking good.
Crossing around over to the top of Dodge's, after going up Hillman's.
Up close, Dodge's was in somewhat rough shape. There was plenty of snow, but the warm weather had left it cut up with deep trenches from the handful of previous skiers on that day. It seems like these last several years, the mountain goes from winter to summer, with no reliable spring period of warm days and sub-freezing nights to give the snow a good corn consistency. Anyway, I was feeling some adrenaline, even though I've skied the run at least twice before. Luckily, once I stepped into my skis, I immediately felt better and knew I could ski it. Amazing how much more comfortable one can feel once he has his skis on his feet.
Alex lookin down the barrel.
