More touring

[mattb]

When it's good I have to get after it! I got a call last night from a friend who wanted to ski this peak called Augusta near Crested Butte. I just happened to be off work today so we had a great dawn patrol tour for some corn snow.

We started in the dark after a 7 Mile snowmobile ride to where the climb starts.

IMGP2343.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Our objective is the snowy peak to the left of the rocky one.

IMGP2361.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr


IMGP2368.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

The views were pretty nice

IMGP2369.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr


IMGP2382.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

The final approach was a ridge top boot pack

IMGP2403.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

That's Mt. Crested Butte in the upper left of the frame

IMGP2410.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

We had to hang out on the summit for a while to let the snow warm and soften up a little

IMGP2416.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Then it was time to ski

IMGP2433.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

It was fun!

IMGP2442.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

I carried my K-5 and 2 small primes, a 15mm f/4 and a 40mm f/2.8. It was a nice small kit but still capable of some good images.