Forestdale Divide Patches, July 8, 2014

We made a last minute, late afternoon patchskiing trip to Forestdale Divide. We chose snow patches that offered novelty and variety along with quality.

The first patch we skied is in the background. The Tacomama is in the foreground:

Upper Section-

Stev:

Spence:

Since the snow felt so good, we took a second lap.

Spence:

You can see the Middle Section below Spence. We skied this next.

Stev:

Middle Section-

Stev tucks to build up speed…

…and turns before he runs out room…

Spence:

There was an interesting path to the Lower Section.
Stev wasn’t listening to TLC’s “Waterfalls”…

…Spence felt the same way and chased the waterfall…

After flowing down, we needed to bootpack up.
Stev…

…Spence…

The Lower Section-

Spence:

Stev:

This ran longer than expected and provided 12-14 turns. Our next destinations would be shorter and steeper.

Next, we headed across the pond to two more patches.
We skied the one on looker’s right first.

Stev:

Spence bootpacks up…

…and skis all the down…

The Luniz Patch-

Stev:

Forestdale Divide Panorama:

Spence skiing The Luniz Patch:

Spence said “I Got Five” after skiing this.

Looking back at The Luniz Patch:

Since it was on our way out and we still had a bit of daylight, we skied the Center Patch.

Spence:

Stev:

I’m not holding two flashlight poles. My gloves have a reflective surface and the flash went went off on the camera as it got darker.

Six patches on a three hour tour provided novelty, variety and quality.