your img 2260 picture defines the essence of why our crew goes out there " late " unless you have been there " early " ie june and early july, you can not appreciate how much better it is not having all the camps there. all that flat area in that photo to the right if you are riding up and to the skiers left, is covered with poles and pegs early on from race teams...and to the far right of that , where the kickers are, is the high north jib camp.. they are usually good for 50 to 75 rowdy pains in the ass teenagers cloggin up the lift line. ( i'm sure adam is a great kid tony :wink: ) high north shut it down i think on july 11th...i am still sick over having to cut my trip short this year becasue i know how sick that day you had was. i can tell just from looking at the pic...i looks like the only people skiing the upper glacier on the 27th was smarts camp , the telluride bump team and maybe team canada , but they had been buggin out by 1130 when we were there...
as crocker notes, skiing out and by passing the bus is a very nice thing...i knew when i saw the snowmaking pond still covered in snow that the ski out was gonna last till the end...they had an epic year out there for sure in the winter and it made the summer about as epic as it's gonna get...but i would say that in the 7 years our crew has been going out, 75% of the time we have been skiing the road out until at least july 20th...once it starts to go though, it can go literally , overnight... so i think the ski out is viable, on average, a little longer than adam may have heard.
if you ever go back and do it again, just remember you can beat the sun... just ignore the concept/ sell job of sweat proof sunscreen and conceed that on a day like you had, you should layer on no less than 50 spf over the course of the 4 hours or so... at minimum put it on riding up the 1st lift... then put it on again in the bus , then put it on again just at the top before you drop in... and don't be shy about stickin it in and up your nose...i have had and seen many people with the inside of their noses burned...
i'm gald you got to do it.. i've said it here before but at least now you can maybe see somewhat why i like skiing more in july than in the winter
