Category: The Nipple

Saturday, June 9th started a weekend of making turns with friends that I hadn’t seen in while. Photographing the photographer, Britton, taking photos of Dan, Yogi and Sammie.

After finding out that Blue Lakes Road had just opened all the way to Lower Blue Lake, there was easier access and I headed up to the East

On the recon patchskiing mission I did the previous day, I noticed that the snow around The Nipple looked good. B-Cup Chute looked like it still went with

A new month with new snow. While the storm didn’t deliver the predicted 1 to 3 feet above 7,000 feet, it did snow a bit. I needed to

We wanted to see how the snow around The Nipple was holding up. Makisha and Penny were happy to offer their opinions. Before bootpacking up I saw a

Recent overnight temperatures dipping below freezing helped us in deciding to ski the sun warmed, somewhat softened, south facing slopes on the backside of The Nipple. Penny and

Even though is was a new month, it was sort of a “same Bat time, same Bat channel” at the same ski location, The Nipple. Stev skiing a

Skiing Far Middle East Patches. Since The Nipple continues to deliver good skiing conditions, we continue to ski The Nipple. Spence gets the party started. Getting ready (L

On a return trip to The Nipple, Makisha and Penny were happy to be joined by Spence and myself. Spence skiing the Far East run at The Nipple.

I returned with Makisha and Penny to ski the Backside and the East Side Ridge of The Nipple. Makisha and Penny with The Nipple in the background. Two