Category: The Nipple

I returned to the “B-Cup Chute” with my friend MJ since it skied so well four days earlier (and Blue Lakes Road was still closed at the fourth

After doing a recon ski mission two days earlier on Blue Lakes Road Ridge, I had a strong desire to head back and ski some of what I

I returned to The Nipple, having skied there two days earlier to explore some of the “backside” or south facing runs before skiing the east ridge runs. A

Looking up at my destination on the hike up. I am very happy to be up on The Nipple. A self-timer photo of my first run of the

My destination is the snow on looker’s left. A closer look at the “B-Cup” Chute. A snowpatch and a waterfall on the hike up. Looking up at The

Looking across Lower Blue Lake up at the backside of The Nipple: This is the lowest I have ever seen Lower Blue Lake. In a “normal” year I

A recon mission to the Northeast Chute in the sleet. Stev in the foreground with Lost Lakes in the background on the approach: and another of the approach:

MJ on an upper backside patch: Stev: MJ: Stev on the hike out: MJ on Eastridge patches:

Kendra enjoys the views on the approach: Stev: Kendra continues down on our first run: Stev: Spence starts another run… …and finds a bent tree slalom run… Kendra

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