Rose Knob Corn Skiing in February
February 17th, 2010 By Dave
Started hiking up Rose Knob this morning at 6:45am and made it to the skiers left saddle area around 8:30ish. I was on the Black Diamond Zealots with 01 Tele bindings and ascension skins. Mike was of course sporting his new Deuter Freerider Pro 30 backpack. A very difficult and steep skin up during the early morning light gave way to some softer snow once the sun came up and much easier skinning all around. We waited around at the top for about a half hour and our wait was well worth it. We jumped in to the true South face off skiers left shoulder and had just about perfect 1 inch corn all the way out. I was using my Pieps DSP Avalanche Beacon just in case anything had gone, as there was a pretty wet slide path right next to where we were skiing. Then, it was off to work! Here are some pics:
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- First light on the way up
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- Lake Tahoe fog with me and my Pieps skinning up
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- Dave skinning up with the fog of Lake Tahoe in the background
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- Deuter Freerider Pro 30 all loaded up
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- Dave on the way down
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- Dave on the downhill again
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- Wet slide debris to Mike’s right
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- Mike ripping the corn
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- Mike initiating the Tele Turn
Tags: backcountry skiing lake tahoe, black diamond, deuter freerider pro, Lake Tahoe Backcountry, pieps dsp, rose knob
