Ski Lunch
Skinned up Pajarito at lunch today. It was a long hard climb, with lots of zig-zagging and breaks. It is a gorgeous sunny day out there and there was lots of powder to hike through. It was tough, but man was it great going down!
I tackled my first black diamond because there was so much powder that I figured it was more like a blue run, which it was. There was an amazing view north of Black Mesa, the Sangre de Cristos, and the Rio Grande Valley. I started getting the hang of telemarking in powder. There must have been three feet at least of powder for most of the run. Totally fantabulous.
Here's a little map I made of my route. Take some advice from me - try to avoid climbing up the black runs - it gets freaking steep!
I just looked up the elevation gain - I climbed 1240 feet, from 9200 at the lodge to 10441 at the top of Aspen lift.
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