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“Ski The Sun” & “Cross The Fingers”

Since it’s been a little dry lately we’ve been finding ourselves doing what Alex Cushing told us to way back when: “Ski the Sun.” It’s a tried and true technique for all of the Sierra and it rings true at Squaw. Places like the Sun Chutes, Sun Bowl, Broken Arrow, Gate 8 in Silverado, Red Dog Ridge, the Kitchen Wall, the Granite Chief Meadow – well I guess the list is a little too long to keep going but there’s a ton of great terrain that sees the light of the sun enough to get nice and mushy.

West Face looking 'West Facey' i.e. a lonnng bump run…

The classic bumps runs are living up to their reputations as witnessed by ole West Face. The interesting thing is that there’s still wintery snow if you know where to look – or if you just spend the time looking. A word to the wise (at least wiser than me) – don’t go searching once the sun starts getting low. Your knees will pay the price for your brain and that’s not too cool.

Crazies on Eagle's Nest / McConkey's

In other News – have you noticed all the tracks down McConkey’s, a.k.a Eagle’s Nest, lately? Yesterday I saw a kid toting Shane’s brainchild Spatulas up there. If you haven’t checked it out look up to the left of KT’s top terminal. Go around towards Red Dog Ridge and you’ll see where the hike starts. There’s a metal eagle perched on a rock that overlooks the 68-degree pitch in memory of the insaniac who regularly skied this scary thing.

As far as keeping your fingers crossed, let’s hope for a little more snow out of this next cycle. As we learned with how the mountain’s been skiing for the last few weeks, it doesn’t take much fluffing to make this bird sing!! Check the weather links at the bottom of this page for more.

GET READY: The Tram Face steeps event comes to Squaw next week. The competition window starts on 2/26 and goes to 3/4. This is a must-see as these lines have never been legally skied