Sunday Funday. Below: Jackson with a Hall pass

It was nice to be on a slow morning program for once. Sunday was Baahlue Bird,it would be a busy one up little. The later it got, the more people were bound to be crowding the slopes. I gave Jackson a call, to see what he was thinking. Although he hadn’t even openned his eyes he grumbled out that we should go for Hallway Couloir. Perfect. And it doesn’t get any light until late. The snow would still be good. We made plans to meet at 11:00, like 45 minutes from now. I gave Willy a call, knowinghe loves to shot Hallway. He thought itwould be tracked already, but what the hell, maybe it wasn’t.

We meet only slightly later than scheduled, collected 2 more by the likes of Drew Stoecklein and Brady Smedsrud, and headed up the road. It was pretty busy up there, a full lot at the goldminers, but as we started skinning it was clear that it wasn’t too bad accross the street. still only 2 tracks on cardiff, and nothing on superior. Almost too late for those now, the sun is blazing. We sweated it out (all of it) and made it to Hallway. Damn Man! All the tracks dropped right, Hallway’s still fresh. Almost fresh, there’s a booter coming up from the bottom, but it doesn’t go all the way to the top, so our shots are clean.

The clouds have started to form now, so we play the hurry up and wait game for the next hour as we ski our lines. It wasn’t that deep and a little firm underneath, but still, it was smooth and blower.Once through the top section, we regroup and drop one by one the final 1500 vert to the basin below. Jackson and I stay left and aim for the trees above the gully. Its deeper in there and shaded enough for cold snow. Sweeeet!