{"id":1137,"date":"2010-05-06T19:05:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T01:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2010-05-06T19:05:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T01:05:34","slug":"mayday-mayday-we-have-powder-5-1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/mayday-mayday-we-have-powder-5-1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayday, Mayday, We Have Powder!  5.1.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last day of April ended with a bang, and the first day of May came in just as strong, with more snow and winter-like weather.  Brittany and I were joined by usual suspects Rob Dickinson and <a href=\"http:\/\/goneskiing.smugmug.com\/\">Tom Runcie<\/a>, plus Ron Pankey and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericfreson.com\/\">Eric Freson.<\/a>  We considered a number of different areas, but in the end decided to check out a zone that Eric and Ron knew.  While it isn&#8217;t the world&#8217;s most secretive zone, I tend to keep areas that people show me secret, therefore I&#8217;ll refer to this zone as &#8220;La Zona Rosa&#8221;, after the hip Mexico City neighborhood.  It&#8217;s just fun to say &#8220;Zona Rosa&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bit difficult to get there at this time of year, and required some interesting snowmobiling (Eric):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_0994.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_0994.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_5124.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_5124.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of enticing terrain to drool over and perhaps get to on another trip&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1008.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1008.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1079.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1079.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lap 1, Tom:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1026.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1026.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1035.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1035.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brittany:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1047.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1059.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1059.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frank:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_5135.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_5135.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ron:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_5165.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_5165.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a tremendous looking &#8220;quarter slot&#8221; couloir above us, Eric, Rob, Tom, and I decided to head that way for our second run, while Ron and Brittany decided to take another quick lap.  Looking down the slot:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1082.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1082.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I dropped in first, with slough chasing me down (photo Tom Runcie:)<br \/>\n<em><\/a><\/em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/goneskiing.smugmug.com\/Skiing-2009-2010\/Beckwith-4-1\/beckwith-6\/858349123_adSZK-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brittany got these shots of me exiting:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_5182.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_5182.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_5197.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_5197.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rob (photos Tom):<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/goneskiing.smugmug.com\/Skiing-2009-2010\/Beckwith-4-1\/beckwith-8\/858351487_QWAZN-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/goneskiing.smugmug.com\/Skiing-2009-2010\/Beckwith-4-1\/beckwith-9\/858352740_4ZnPT-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1086.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1086.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_5263.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_5263.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La Zona Rosa, muy bien, si?:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_1173.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i244.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg23\/franksblog\/Beckwith%20Pass%20%205-1-10\/IMG_1173.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/click.php?tt=ml&amp;ti=1336&amp;pw=29053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/gbi\/10060\/1336\/23393\/29053\/image.gif\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last day of April ended with a bang, and the first day of May came in just as strong,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-crested-butte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}