{"id":14382,"date":"2014-12-01T23:45:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=14382"},"modified":"2014-12-01T23:46:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T06:46:36","slug":"bundles-nov-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/bundles-nov-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundles (Nov 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been backcountry skiing skiing quite a bit since the snow began to fly in mid-November.  Some of the days you&#8217;ve likely read about on this blog, but many days have gone unpublished.  Sometimes only one or two pictures gets taken.  Sometimes none at all.  Sometimes I just have so many pictures that it takes me a while to sort through them all&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>So, this report bundles up the photos I&#8217;ve taken on a few different November-skiing occasions.  I hope you enjoy them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mt. Emmons \/ Red Lady<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the first big storm, Josh, Jenny and I broke the trail to the ridge.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_3992breakingtrail.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Breaking trail on Mount Emmons in the Crested Butte backcountry\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winds kept increasing, and by the time we reached the exposed ridge, the weather was heinous &#8211; the kind of weather where skinning while wearing a helmet, goggles, and hood is a good idea.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_3996windyridge.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Ridge on Mount Emmons\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We made it up to treeline and had a good run skiing the glades back down.  But, needless to say, it wasn&#8217;t exactly a picture-kind-of-taking day.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, the weather broke and the sun beat down hard as we hiked up the same route.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_4757markskin.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"Skinning on the Red Lady ridge while backcountry skiing in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the warm weather and near windless day, we headed to the summit.  Starr on top of the bowl.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_4763StarrOnTop.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" alt=\"Starr Jamison on top of Red Lady bowl while backcountry skiing in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p>The skiing was a tad wind affected from the storm, but Mark made it look pretty darned good.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_4804mark.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"Mark Robbins backcountry skiing Red Lady bowl in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skiing with the Ladies<\/strong><br \/>\nA little later, I had the opportunity to ski with Alex &#038; Susan, two of my best female ski partners.  It was another warm day.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5075skinning.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Skinning in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Admiring bigger lines is always condoned \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5085baldy.jpg\" width=\"685\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Alex Reidman admiring a line in the Crested Butte backcountry\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skiing was great.  Susan killing it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5152susan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" alt=\"Susan Mol backcountry skiing in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5316Susanrips.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"Susan Mol skiing backountry in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alex dropping the knee for her tele turns.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5220alex.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" alt=\"Alex Riedman skiing backcountry in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5465alex.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5465alex-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Riedman backcountry skiing in Crested Butte\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5465alex-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5465alex-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Susan is most known for her career as a pro snowboarder.  But, this girl can hold her own on skis too.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5331susan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" alt=\"Susan Mol skiing backcountry in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5346susan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Susan Mol skiing backcountry in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These goggles capture Alex&#8217;s amazing view.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5505AlexGoggles.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"796\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we used some creativity to cross the stream at the end of our line.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5509NoBridge.jpg\" width=\"773\" height=\"800\" alt=\"crossing a stream while backcountry skiing in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gotta love skiing with these ladies \ud83d\ude42  (Susan, Alex, Me)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/pp_21nov2014\/IMG_5514ThreeGirls.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"605\" alt=\"three girls backcountry skiing in Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been backcountry skiing skiing quite a bit since the snow began to fly in mid-November. Some of the days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-crested-butte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14415,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382\/revisions\/14415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}