[NMCCSC] Aspen Vista Trail

[Vicky Kauffman via NMCCSCeGroup]

I would agree about the conditions Amy experienced. Amy, you must be the
young woman who skied past us up and down. It was a lovely way to self
isolate, I kept telling myself. We found it great until we did some of
those last steeper descents where more folks can walk and make for less
gripping.
To me it was a great remedy for the isolation.

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 8:38 AM Amy Mathis via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Yesterday I drove up to the Sante Forest to ski Aspen Vista trail.  I got
> a late start and didn’t start my ski until noon.  By then it was in the 30s
> with warming conditions.  There was 2-inches of fresh snow at the beginning
> of the trail.  The snow was heavy and somewhat wet so I used Maxiglide
> right from the start.  I didn’t have sticking issues but others I
> encountered on the trail did.  The snow was slow but consistent.  It was a
> gorgeous afternoon with brilliant blue skies and hoar frost on the aspen.
> Once I was a good 2.5 miles out, the foot traffic dropped away and there
> was only a clearly defined ski trail.  As I climbed, the snow depth
> increased to 4-6 inches of new snow.  I turned around when the ski track
> ended.  Since I am not knowledgeable about avalanche safety I decided to
> turn around shorty after the ski tracks ended.  It was a long 4 mile decent
> and I glad the snow was fairly slow.  As I got closer to the parking area,
> the trail had already been compacted and post-holed by foot traffic making
> for a sketchy descent.  All in all, it was a great outing with enjoyable
> spring conditions.
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> -Amy
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