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[TR] Red Mountain - Standard 3/18/2012


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Trip: Red Mountain - Standard

 

Date: 3/18/2012

 

Trip Report:

Matt and I decided to head up Red Mountain this last weekend. Neither of us had been all the way up it yet for some reason, so we decided to give it a go. Weather was nice leaving the parking lot and we headed up the basin.

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The bridge looked a little tricky, luckily we didn't have to cross it.

 

We then headed up the ridge up Red Mountain. The skinning wasn't too bad, a little deep, but not impossible.

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View of Guye Peak from the way up.

 

As we got a little higher and the terrain steepened the skinning got harder. It was about 6" of new snow on top of a crust layer. The skins kept slipping out on the crust layer so we just decided to kick steps up the last steep bit to the summit.

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Summit, getting ready to ski down.

 

The clouds blew in just as we were getting to the top. We ate a quick lunch and the clouds cleared just as we were getting ready to ski down.

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Me, part way down Red.

 

The skiing down was great up high, then through some heavier stuff, then the standard tree mess to get out of the basin and back to the car. It was a great day for some skiing.

 

All pictures were taken by Matt. Here's a link to a few more.

 

 

Gear Notes:

Skis, and a Matt to break trail.

 

Approach Notes:

Up the basin, then up the ridge. Was hoping that going Sunday would mean there was a skin track the whole way up, but no such luck.

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