Folger Peak, June 3, 2015

We approached Folger Peak from the backside starting at Upper Highland Lake.
A view on the hike up of Highland Lakes and Hiram Peak:

Stev starts down one of the chutes off of Folger Peak’s summit:
Stev

Mike follows…
Mike
Mike

Stev continues down…
Stev
Stev

Video of Mike on our first two runs:

We bootpacked up to the saddle for our second run.
Mike…
Mike
Mike

Stev starting off of the saddle…
Stev
…making corn 8s…
Stev
…making more corn 8s…
Stev

We noticed more skiable chutes along the hike out. We decided to hike back up for another run.

Mike starts down…
Mike
Mike

Stev follows…
Stev

Mike continues…
Mike
Mike

Stev…
Stev
Stev

Video of Stev near the bottom of our third run:

The cloud and Mike are at similar angles:
Mike

Mike:
Mike

Stev gets some bonus turns on the traverse out:
Stev

Looking back at Folger Peak:

We skied a chute off of the summit, bootpacked up for another run from the saddle and skied the looker’s right chute of the double chutes in the center of this photo.

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