Saturday, April 4, 2009

Avalanche Class

Ben and I took an awesome Avalanche Class through Alpine Skills International in Truckee this March. We had great weather and fun people to back country ski with.

It snowed 2 feet the weekend before we were in Tahoe:


Looking down, before we get fresh tracks:


From the bottom, looking up at our fresh tracks:


Skinning back up took about an hour:

A rare moment (on my skis and in control):


It wasn't all skiing. We learned a ton of avalanche awareness skills.
Cutting a cornice:

Digging a snow pit:

Route planning:


Hopefully we'll be able to get up to Tahoe again before the snow melts.

Special thanks to Mindy for taking so many pictures: