Greetings friends,
On Saturday Apr 10, 2010 I went on Dave Callais' tele ski trip to Mayflower Gulch with Diane W, Judi, Wendy, Cheryl, Naoki, Will, Norm, Bob A, Phil, and of course Dave Callais.
Cheryl heads up the road.
We met most of the group at 4th and Union at 6:30, then continued on to Downieville where we met up with the Boulder car pools at about 7:25. Then it is on to the tunnel, then south from Copper Mountain to the Mayflower trail head. Traffic was light once again. Apparently there is a mental switch in the group consciousness of the front range that turns off the urge to ski at the end of March.
We made it to the trial head about 8:45, skinned up, and crunched our way across the frozen parking lot. The weather was warm and mostly sunny, but the trail up to the cabins was hard packed and icy. At the cabins we turned right and climbed up the ridge. Most stayed below the ridgeline but Will climbed to the top. The exposed areas were still hard packed boilerplate, so we header into the trees, where we found a mix of crust and powder. Norm was the guinea pig leading the way and calling out crust or powder. As the trees got tighter, the powder increased. It was slow going through the closely spaced trees, and tree wells beckoned to the unwary.
After a snack, Dave's attempt to rally the troops for a second run was greeted with massive indifference. Nonetheless, we headed up the up-track with the group splitting off into two; half headed for a repeat of the first run, while the other half had a crust clinic on the open slopes along the up-track with mixed success, but no injuries. The two groups met up on the trail below the tree run, and when the allure of hoppy beverages was greater than desire to do another run, we decided to head back to the car.
More pictures of the group climbing or standing around.
Next weekend we'll be heading out on Sunday. The current weather forecasts predict cloudy and warm weather with a chance of snowshoeing. B-) This makes planning difficult; not enough new powder, not enough sun for corn. Check the CMC schedule for last minute trip additions.
Close up view of ski track (red). Older trips in orange and green. Blue contours indicate slopes 25-30°, red = 30-35°. TH upper left off map.
3D view of ski slopes looking southwest.
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