FERRY PEAK NORTH BOWL 12/20/11

Jon and I headed up Ferry Peak intending to ski the north side. We started in thin conditions up Sheep Gulch. The SE face looked pretty good with 2 tracks down it, Greg Collins and partner I think. We skinned all the way to the east ridge and started booting shortly after. I  skied the SE Face a few years ago with Jon, and the North Bowl with Grant about 6 years ago. With no new snow in a week,  I was betting on the North side being sheltered powder, as it was for Grant and I. If you ski the North side you have to deal with the Cottonwood Gulch “out”, instead of the friendlier Sheep Gulch. We wanted powder, so we went north. It was pretty good windblown powder skiing in the bowl with sections of breakable crust to keep you humble.  Then came the out. An hours worth of waterfalls, dead-fall and narrow rock strewn stream-beds. What fun! Here’s the VIDEO

FERRY PEAK 12/20/11 VIDEO