The Nipple June 16, 2013

Backside Patches

Looking across Lower Blue Lake up at the three backside patches on The Nipple:

On the hike up I saw a cicada leaving its shell:

Mark and Rossi start down…

Stev follows…


…and continues down with Rossi…

Mark and Rossi…

…Rossi and Mark…

Stev:

Mark put together “The Father of Patch Skiing” on his 16mm camera:

Rossi says enough chasing snowballs, let’s go to the upper east ridge…

East Ridge Runs

Rossi and Mark on the Upper Patch…

…Mark…

…Mark and Rossi…

Stev…



…Stev and Rossi…

Rossi watches Mark:

Mark…

Stev:

Looking back at the East Ridge:

We skied the upper right patch twice and the lower left patch once.