Silvy Saturday

Yesterday, Jan, Ed and I lapped Silverado almost exclusively.  We tried a new entrance down the ridge off Broken Arrow rather than heading through gate 8.  Not bad, and a few fresh turns to be made in the wind buff.

Jan hangs out before dropping in.

Northerly aspects were still pretty sweet, where others were getting increasingly manky. 

We were having a ton of fun lapping gate 4 through the steeps of Bailey's Cirque, and then through the couloir skier's left of China Wall, which I've heard called Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.  In the shot below, it's the long chute, partially obstructed from view about 1/4 of the way away from the right side of the picture.

 For me, these are times 2, 3 and 4 ever through Mr. Toad's.  The first time was early season, where I barely managed to edge my way down a steeply edged 4-5' wide chute. (  Saturday, it was much more filled in, wide enough for some carefully chosen turns.  By the 3rd time through, I was holding something closer to a real line.  Woohoo.  Chutes are the best!