{"id":2089,"date":"2012-01-20T20:57:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T02:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2012-01-20T20:57:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T02:57:51","slug":"tr-blue-skies-and-and-warm-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/tr-blue-skies-and-and-warm-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Blue skies and and warm highs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week ago we were in the middle of a high pressure following a snow storm that dumped the first significant amount of snow we’d seen in over a month. Unfortunately, that same snow storm left us with wind that scoured our peaks. I headed out with my friends Mike, Rachel, and Grete, sticking to terrain below treeline, hoping to find decent snow in the sheltered trees. <\/p>\n

As we skinned up, the windscouring was evident everywhere. And even though temperatures were forecasted in 20’s, it felt much warmer, as we all stripped down to our thermal layers.
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Mike dropped in first.
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Though the snow was certainly wind-affected, we did find some good turns. However, our turns were most abruptly interrupted when we hit old frozen tracks beneath the new snow. <\/p>\n

Grete.
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Rachel.
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Mike.
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Though I enjoy blue skies, it’s certainly good to have the white clouds this week. With snow falling every day since Saturday, this season is finally starting to turn \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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