Ebbetts Pass, May 17, 2014

Before heading up to ski around Ebbetts Pass we looked at Folger Peak:

I’ve skied here in the past and plan to ski here again in the near future. (A rather large snowdrift blocked the road to Folger Peak.)

Stev and Makisha getting ready for the approach:

Makisha checks out the view above Sherrold Lake and Kinney Reservoir:

Stev bootpacking up for the first run:

Stev starting the first run…

…continuing down…

…Penny joins…

…Penny speeds down…

…and off they go…

Stev starts a second run:

Makisha and Penny join Stev on the way to Dorothy Lake:

Makisha and Penny playfully face off:

An interesting insect on the snow:

Michele hiking back out:

Michele would head out and drive the car down to Kinney Reservoir.

Stev hiking out for more:

I would start a traverse around to skier’s right of Ebbetts Peak above Kinney Reservoir. This involved about half an hour of scree surfing. I should have instead gone to skier’s left and much more quickly and easily gone down a line near where Makisha was looking at earlier. I’ll know better for next time.

Stev near the bottom of the third run:

Penny follows Stev down to Kinney Reservoir:

Looking across Kinney Reservoir at the area of my third run:

The Ebbetts Pass area offers many different pitches and exposures.
Being able to do partial car shuttles makes the area even more enticing.
This is definitely on my to-do again and again list.