Skiing out of
Whittier and Bard Peak a few days earlier had been so wonderful that I couldn’t help but go back! So, I coerced Nick Stadnicky (not a hard sell) to join me to go after a sweet N facing couloir off Bard that I’ve always had my eye on . . .
Again, the views out of Whittier did not suck, not even a little bit 🙂
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We skied another (different) sweet line off the first peak . . . line was right in the center to the looker’s left of the huge cornice above the arete
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And then we skied to the Shakespeare to climb the obvious coolie in the middle
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Nick on Bard – hooray! He broke the sketch bootpack, which was awesome!
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Umm, yeah.
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Back on top of our first peak, ready for 4000′ of fun!
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Nick enjoying the rewards of the day
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One of the best days of the spring for sure!!! I love that this is all just a
tunnel away!
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