Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Big Cottonwood Canyon: Days Fork, 11-19-11

Another storm was supposed to come in and our friend CJ invited us to go back country skiing with him Saturday morning. Seeing no signs of snow late Friday night, we declined the offer.

However, while both of us were lying wide awake at 5:00 am, we changed our minds. We didn't have anything else planned and even if the snow wasn't good, at least we'd get in some good exercise from touring.

The snow turned out to be great, and the company even better. It was so peaceful, and the only other people we saw the entire 5+ hours were these two hunters at the beginning of the trail.
Because the avalanche danger was "moderate", we did multiple tests along the way. It was good practice, and very helpful and informative to see different people's approaches to testing.
Everyone crossed the two streams, both out and back without any casualties.
It was such a fun day! We were definitely glad that we changed our minds that morning!

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