Blue Lakes Road is open! (11 miles in instead of 7 miles in.) Time to enjoy the snow with Makisha and Penny on a recon dusk patrol skiing

When I did a recon mission on some of the Forestdale Patches on June 30th, I noticed that there were many other patches available to ski. So I

While hiking around Monitor Pass with our dogs the previous afternoon we were surprised to find a slightly hidden snowpatch. So we returned the next evening. A leftover

My wife Michele and I celebrated Independence Day with our dogs Makisha and Penny by making a dusk patrol recon mission in the Sweetwater Mountains. On the drive

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

Ebbetts Pass had just opened the previous day. Pat and I set up a car shuttle to ski “Chinese Fireball Dragon Chute” down to Kinney Reservoir. Pat on

After hearing that Forestdale Road was partially/halfway open, I decided to take Makisha and Penny with me on a recon mission. This would also provide a good start

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

When I heard that Blue Lakes Road was recently opened to the fourth gate (around 7.4 miles in) I was inspired to go on a recon ski mission.

After doing some yardwork earlier in the day, we (myself, my wife Michele, and our dogs Makisha and Penny) wanted to head up to Sonora Pass to cool