Beautissimuss!!
Rode Hatcher's for the first time ever today. (Ok I admit it, I feel kinda dumb)
Parked in the upper lot on the Palmer side.
Gorgeous!! Sunny, mild temps, no wind. The snow is pretty beat up in the popular bowls but on the backside towards Willow there's still acres and acres of lightly-to-untracked snow.
Met some guys on the trail and asked if I could ride with them...Nels, Terrence and David. They showed me a place they called Smokin' Bowl. Played around in the powder then tried a climb that was a little too steep and a little too deep. I was doing good until I cut a sidehill track about 20 yards from the crest and started to trench. I executed a perfectly inadequate turnout, stopped, slipped off the low side, and the sled rolled over me. Fortunately I felt and saw it coming and slammed myself into the hill. The seat pressed me into the soft snow and the sled rolled about half way down. No damage.
We hung for a while and got separated around El Dorado. I cruised around and checked out a group of friends highmarking a side bowl. I didn't get their names except one, Mike. If any of the AK crowd knows these guys ask them to contact me here and I'll email my pics to them.
P.S. A lot of the loaded slopes have already broken free but there are still lot's of iffy looking slopes. Avy danger still a consideration.
cant wait fora sunny day, theres lots of powder up there to make scream
