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| [Pasadena Thanksgiving family dinner] |
JOHN RIGNEY and I violated the “earn your turns” code and rode Brighton chairs to the ridge line to drop into one of the headwall chutes descending into Snake Creek drainage. I had returned Friday night from a five day Thanksgiving turnaround to Pasadena, where I hosted the family Thanksgiving dinner. John, a backcountry ski mate since 1997, was shaking down new Black Diamond gear: Quadrant boots and BD’s new superlight Drift ski, paired with Dynafit TFTs. The Dynafit binding line, long-proven as a bomber downhill tool, does not offer the step-in ease of, say, the Fritschi line. With their sensitive toe claw and tricky revolving sequence of the heel towers, the Dynafits can present the prospect of a long learning curve. But John loved his new combo and adapted quickly to the idiosyncrasies of Dynafit engineering. And though it was hard to find true soft powder on any aspect, we skied some decent, steep lines, and then got to enjoy a relaxed in-bounds return to our car in the Brighton parking lot.
Day's Vertical: 2,200. Season to Date: 20,600.
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