Telluride – day 3
Just got back to the house after our third consecutive day of shooting. During the day the weather started to roll in after 72 hours of sunshine, which means we will probably have a well deserved day of rest tomorrow. I could need some down time to let the blisters on my feet heal up!
Today we were off early, started skinning at 7.30 out of Trout lake, with the mission to ascend Yellow Mountain, elevation 12.700 feet, and then ski down “the O chute”, a tight little colouir on the north face of the summit. The hike up was mellow, a 1.5 hour skin track followed by a 45 minute boot pack up a sunbaked colouir on the south side. We reached the summit at around 10.30, had some lunch, and watched the weather roll in… Too bad, but hey what can you do, right.
Skiing the colouir was awesome as the north facing snow had really held up well in these spring conditions. I got the honors of dropping in first, and halfway down I found myself skiing cold, soft snow all the way down to the valley. We got a bunch of sick shots and the day was complete!
Photo time, enjoy:
In the car at 7 am. To the right is Nate Wallace, who had a late arrival due to some missed flights. Complete crew!
Beautiful sunrise over Telluride, CO.
Getting ready for the hike at 7.30.
Gotta do what you gotta do.
Nate, CP, and our guides/sherpas Greg and Todd finding their way up the skin track.
Nate, me and Seth trying to find a way out the woods to get up in the alpine.
Out of the woods, time to climb the south face of Yellow Mountain.
Steep boot pack up some crusty snow. Where it looks like it stops, it actually keeps going for another 500 ft before you’re up.
Oakley team manager Greg Strokes skinning his way up the last part.
Almost there. Seth leading the way.
Finally up top! Across the valley you can see our final run from yesterday, down the big bowl on the left.
Happy to eat something after the hike.
Staring down the O chute. Definitely some tight parts in there.
Dropping in first.
Seth halfway through.
Seth coming out the bottom in some good snow.
Nate and CP coming out of some fun slush pillows at the end of the run.
Back in the town of Ophir. Way up the mountain there is the O chute!
Made another hairy friend. This guy looks so evil!
Aprés ski.
Right now we are waiting for the rain to start. It’s supposed to really start pouring down this weekend but with a little luck we’ll get a fresh coating up high. Some of the hairier lines we have been looking at need it right now…
See y’all tomorrow!
Jacob
skiing, travel
Looks like you guys are doing it right here is Telluride. I must have just missed you at the brewery – it’s a Friday tradition!
That’s Shanti the dog and she’s harmless; she’ll eat the Halloween candy off your porch though. Have fun while you’re here and don’t tell took my people about us!
Stupid auto correct! “Too many”, not “took my”! Doh!