Colorado Backcountry: South East Rabbit Ears - 01.20.2007

Submitted by jp on Mon, 01/22/2007 - 11:44

iskibc, Kya, SurfTheEarth and I spent Saturday putting in some work at a new find in the Rabbit Ears pass zone. With the lack of fresh snow, we were all set on spending the day doing recon, mapping and scouting. We were surprised to find really good snow and lots of it. Seems like the wind hasn't been as bad up in this zone and the snow was some of the deepest I've seen lately with the lack of any new major snowfall. A couple of hours mapping roads, and breaking trail we started a skin track up one of the ridges and we found some nice 1200ft powder runs through trees and old avalanche path gullies. It's clear this newest spot has great potential, it just takes time to develop and learn all you can about a new area.

New Terrain - Avy Path 1:

New Terrain - North Face Trees:

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SurfTheEarth - Avy Path 2: