{"id":745,"date":"2011-07-07T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altaiskis.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2024-08-24T22:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:11:56","slug":"gallery-july-1st-sherman-ski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.altaiskis.com\/en_ca\/2011\/07\/07\/gallery-july-1st-sherman-ski\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: July 1st Sherman Ski"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gallery: July 1st Sherman Ski 2011-07-07 01:59 PM
\nThe Kettle Range is not noted for its big snowpacks, so skiing there beyond the end of May is not generally a given. This year we had lots of snow well into June and enough remaining to attempt a July 1st ski, a first for all of us. John Craig Patty and I headed up around 9:30 AM \u00a0and ran into our first small patch of \u00a0snow at the fork of the loop trail on Sherman (about 5800 ft).<\/p>\n

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The fork of the loop trail – first snow in the background!<\/p>\n

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Patty left us at the trail and continued around on the loop while we climbed up the south side to the summit of Sherman (7080 ft ) This view is looking north – hence the lack of snow on the visible south faces.<\/p>\n

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Craig nears the summit! He has his own style of carrying skis and a single pole(!) that I convinced him to try – At this point he is dubious.View in the background is to the NW and Ferry County.<\/p>\n

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On the Summit ! In the background is Snow Peak, with the best skiing still available. We chose the closer target of Sherman Peak.<\/p>\n

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Craig, the dubious one with his first attempt at using a single pole – he has just completed his first turns and is feeling like this might work out.<\/p>\n

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Classic form! He’s got it! I managed to get him to ditch the telemark and just turn the skis.<\/p>\n

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The burn from 1988 is still in evidence here with a lot of trees still standing – too many by some skiers perspective, but we pick our way through.\u00a0This would be reaching the end of our not too long a run, perhaps 500 vertical feet in all.<\/p>\n

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This would be part of the shortcut we took back to the trail.\u00a0
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