Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Triple Down
Today I headed into the Lake Tahoe Backcountry with my friends Dave and Oscar. Since the past week has been off the hook, we decided to continue the trend and go big. A desolation mission was in order and our plan did not dissappoint. We started at Eagle Falls around 9:00 am. After the past week, starting a little later was no problem. We hiked to our first destination of the day, Dick's Peak. At almost 10,000 feet, it one of the highest peaks around, and only 4 hours from the car! Here's a shot of Oscar shredding windbuff off the summit of Dicks. It was wind affected, but still pretty good.
After skiing Dicks Peak we decided to head for Janine's peak. Often skied by the coolest of backcountry weenies, we figured it was right up our alley. This next shot is of the boys skining towards the summit of Janine's with Dicks in the background. Janine's peak is pretty far out there and surprisingly mellow. I've only seen it from a distance and the up close view truly showed the benchy roll-ness of the whole deal. In any event, I'd never skied it before, so it was cool to check out. There was a lot of sweet mini-golf lines around to check out some time in the future.
After skiing Janine's we strapped on the skins one more time and headed up to the south summit of Maggie's. Maggie's sits right above Emerald Bay and was the lowest of the three peaks we chose to climb today. The lower elevation provided for the least wind affected snow. We skied Pow from the top of Maggies down to the car. Not a bad way to finish a 9 hour backcountry day. This last shot is of the pillowy line I skied down to the road right above Emerald Bay. 
Welcome to spring in Lake Tahoe. Bout time to head down to the east side. Pray for snow!!!.
Jeremy
Labels: Desolation Wilderness, Dick's Peak, Janine's Peak, Jeremy Benson, Lake Tahoe Backcountry, Maggie's Peaks
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