More low tide adventure riding in the Cascades. Snoqualmie Pass has so much rad terrain. It hadn't really snowed in two weeks so we were happy to find decent snow.
Chris skinning up a roll low down in the slide path.
Alaska, etc.
Making an important phone call.
Mount Rainer.
One thing that I've realized recently is that I point a lot when I'm riding, and so do my friends. I suppose this is pretty common, but I didn't comprehend the magnitude of the point-fest that typically goes on until I started using this POV camera. Excessive and unconscious pointing, and not just at the top of a line, but during every little conversation and for no reason. And when there is a reason, it usually goes something like this:
Me: Do you want to go right (point) or left (point)?
Partner: Right (point)...........or left (point).
Me: It looks better right (point).
Partner: Yea (point). But it looks pretty good left (point), too.
Me: OK. Well, which way are you going to go?
Partner: Left (points)...Or right (points). Partner then rides away and goes straight.
We found a little bit of old powder, recycled powder, and surface hoar in the open, and the proud, big bowls that you see when driving east to the pass rode well. There was a tiny bit of suffering on the approach and exit, but it was totally worth it. It's always nice to be in a basin alone with your friends, under the sunshine and the blue sky and with the surface hoar sparkling, away from the city or the traffic or the...
No comments:
Post a Comment