{"id":6305,"date":"2013-11-11T02:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T08:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2013-11-10T23:22:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T05:22:53","slug":"the-line-will-still-be-there-11-7-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/the-line-will-still-be-there-11-7-13\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line Will Still Be There.  11.7.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, I found myself on top of a line that I had looked at for years.  With a steep entrance, questionable snow, and a cornice guarding the couloir, it wasn&#8217;t easy.  So I paced back and forth, tried to find my line, and eventually decided to save it for another day.  That day was last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Sowar got a great look at this couloir just a few days before, so we knew it was in decent shape despite still being early season.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/309.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It looked good:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/312.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE--><\/p>\n<p>Lots of other terrain to keep in mind for another day:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pete:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/315.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/318.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1968.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pete:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/320.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1978.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the line dog-legged to the east, the snow was already starting to get pretty wet.  This time of year, we run into nearly every type of snow.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1979.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The apron had some of the strangest snow you&#8217;re likely to encounter.  Just starting to get moist on top, but still very cold right underneath, the snow was extraordinarily sticky and it took a lot of power and energy to keep the skis going.  Still fun though:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1983.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The line from afar.  It&#8217;s the tough-to-see dogleg:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/327.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve skied some great lines so far this season, but this one was definitely rewarding for me.  As the cliche says- the mountain will still be there- and it was.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=28945&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, I found myself on top of a line that I had looked at for years.<\/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":[48,36,38,89,88,47],"class_list":["post-6305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-crested-butte","tag-colorado","tag-crested-butte-2","tag-crested-butte-real-estate","tag-ski","tag-skiing","tag-snowpack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305","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=6305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6308,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions\/6308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}