After a couple hours of reacquaintance turns at Eldora on Saturday Chainsaw and I hit the backcountry Sunday for our first real tele tour. Just a casual romp thru the trees but the whiteout conditions at East Portal made for a mini-epic just getting out of the car. Rocking back and forth as cascades of wind driven snow covered the windows I was sure we'd be making a quick skeedaddle for points East but Chainsaw lit up the handwarmer packets and eclared herself game for the attempt, and so we were off! Sandblasting terror until we hit the shelter of the trees but worth it after that! Perfect terrain for a tour, not really interesting enough as a snowhshoe (at least not to me) and not steep enough to bring a snowboard but perfect for the teles...fun!
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