{"id":5045,"date":"2013-04-14T05:46:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T11:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=5045"},"modified":"2013-04-17T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:29:17","slug":"doublicous-day-12-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/doublicous-day-12-april-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Doublicous Day (13 April 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was the first day of my week-long spring break.  Frank and I had been planning to head to Silverton to knock off some bigger lines in the San Juans.  But, with suspect weather and a sick cat, we decided to put the trip on hold, at least for a bit.  Nevertheless, a bluebird sucker hole was in the works for Saturday morning and we jumped at the opportunity.  <\/p>\n<p>Frank and I headed out with our friends Pete, Sydney, and Janae.  We found ourselves skinning up here.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-2skintrack_zps3a597ab1.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-2skintrack_zps3a597ab1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo owenpurple-2skintrack_zps3a597ab1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We kept on skinning and skinning up through this beautiful zone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3579skintrack_zpse7dee8d0.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3579skintrack_zpse7dee8d0.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3579skintrack_zpse7dee8d0.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1592skintrack_zps722f22f1.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1592skintrack_zps722f22f1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1592skintrack_zps722f22f1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1596rocks_zps6b0f51e5.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1596rocks_zps6b0f51e5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1596rocks_zps6b0f51e5.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Checking out what to ski next.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3577nextline_zps4995482e.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3577nextline_zps4995482e.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3577nextline_zps4995482e.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><\/p>\n<p>The last bit was simply too steep to skin.  So we booted.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1600bootpack_zps532eaac4.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1600bootpack_zps532eaac4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1600bootpack_zps532eaac4.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We worked our way down the ridge and on to this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1606littlealaska_zps21987b7c.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1606littlealaska_zps21987b7c.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1606littlealaska_zps21987b7c.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pete standing on top of his line.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3584petetop_zps4dcc68cf.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3584petetop_zps4dcc68cf.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3584petetop_zps4dcc68cf.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3585pete_zps6f65cda9.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3585pete_zps6f65cda9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3585pete_zps6f65cda9.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1616pete_zps3bc052c7.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1616pete_zps3bc052c7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1616pete_zps3bc052c7.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1691pete_zps39905b44.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1691pete_zps39905b44.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1691pete_zps39905b44.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sydney.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-7sydney_zpsb7a3ec0e.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-7sydney_zpsb7a3ec0e.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo owenpurple-7sydney_zpsb7a3ec0e.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1626sydney_zpsfe64695b.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1626sydney_zpsfe64695b.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1626sydney_zpsfe64695b.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Janae.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3624janae_zpsf40e1277.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3624janae_zpsf40e1277.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3624janae_zpsf40e1277.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-8janae_zpsea419e47.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-8janae_zpsea419e47.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo owenpurple-8janae_zpsea419e47.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1636janae_zps64648d7e.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1636janae_zps64648d7e.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1636janae_zps64648d7e.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frank.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3602frank_zps7d183d35.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3602frank_zps7d183d35.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3602frank_zps7d183d35.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-1-3frank_zpsf6c645a3.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/owenpurple-1-3frank_zpsf6c645a3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo owenpurple-1-3frank_zpsf6c645a3.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1667brit_zpsb4405c99.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1667brit_zpsb4405c99.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1667brit_zpsb4405c99.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1672brit_zps0675747e.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1672brit_zps0675747e.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1672brit_zps0675747e.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we put skins back on our skis, the blue turned to grey as the looming clouds finally enveloped our zone.  We decided not to let the weather get the better of us, as we knew our planned couloir provided decent visibility.  Skinning up.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3641skintrack2_zps76368a9e.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3641skintrack2_zps76368a9e.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3641skintrack2_zps76368a9e.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wind howled and visibility was less than optimal.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1716visibility_zpsdcc8e2b3.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1716visibility_zpsdcc8e2b3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1716visibility_zpsdcc8e2b3.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But down we went.  Sydney.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1744sydney_zps423fa57f.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1744sydney_zps423fa57f.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1744sydney_zps423fa57f.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1749sydney_zpsd63bbaaf.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1749sydney_zpsd63bbaaf.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1749sydney_zpsd63bbaaf.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Janae.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1768janae_zps7feb2540.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1768janae_zps7feb2540.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1768janae_zps7feb2540.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pete.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1734pete_zps2936b0ce.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1734pete_zps2936b0ce.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1734pete_zps2936b0ce.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1783brit_zps69ef0a30.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1783brit_zps69ef0a30.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1783brit_zps69ef0a30.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frank.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3672frank_zpsc1c1f440.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/DSCN3672frank_zpsc1c1f440.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo DSCN3672frank_zpsc1c1f440.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we finished the day out with a short skin back to our sleds, with smiles on our faces \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/user\/mtnbikerskierchick\/media\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1800skinout_zps82d6e860.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/years\/2013\/OwenRidgePurple_12April2013\/IMG_1800skinout_zps82d6e860.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo IMG_1800skinout_zps82d6e860.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=33991&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was the first day of my week-long spring break. Frank and I had been planning to head to Silverton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-5045","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\/5045","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=5045"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5068,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5045\/revisions\/5068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}