Good Days in the Backcountry

Ryan (Chris's friend from college) must be good luck, because he brought some nice sunny days with him!    The last two days we've done some longer routes in the backcountry.      Yesterday was Corona,   which included two good sized skins uphill,  one of which you can see our route in the far background of this pic:  we crossed over the ridge to ski down the side to the left of the ridge just before the last big notch in the background:

There were a few areas where skis had to come off and we climbed up snow steps.   Jodi usually doesn't like the steep areas,  but  it was ok, and super-nice Chris carried my skis a few times so my hands would be free to grab the snow in front of me.    And, the ski down Corona was steeper and a bit icier than we'd hoped, but overall wasn't too bad.    Jodi had to do the 1,2,3 countdown to convince herself to aim skis downhill to start a turn;  and a few times had to restart the countdown after not quite taking the plunge.   Of course rock-star skiers Ryan and Chris had nice ski lines, but we didn't have the cameras out then, so those pics will have to come from one of the next trips.   Overall a good day!