There's a fun little catwalk on the way to the summit of Lake Peak from Ski Santa Fe.
Lake Peak summit, 12,409 ft, Santa Fe Baldy in the background, the higher Truchas Peaks in the distance to the north.
It's snowed something like 7" total in the last 3 weeks but the snow up here still stays pow. Still playing it cool because, maybe it could just go to the ground.
Shenanigans into a steep chute.
Micah making maneuvers on a straightline through the rocky choke.
Checking speed on the first turn: poof!
I enjoyed the preserved powder in the apron.
I wasn't even checking speed: poof!
More powder on sunny slopes.
Yee haw!
Strolling up Baldy, the views of Lake Peak were nice.
Near the top of Baldy (12,622 ft), there's a steep chute to the NE down to Lake Katherine that we still haven't skied. It will have to wait. The top looked like a big nasty windslab.
Micah with the 13ers of the Truchas Peaks in the distance and the 13ers above Taos further in the distance.
But we clicked into our skis and looked at the SE-facing cirque and the snow looked great! Micah dropping....
Steep fall line skiing with a wonderful, safe mix of spring and winter conditions.
That was worth the walk.
It's much quicker skiing the Winsor Trail home right now than it was hiking it last May....
