Tom C took me on the White Pine trail up to the Tri-Chutes area. This was the very first ski tour I ever did back in 2007 on rented equipment. It brought back some good memories. The White Pine trail is nice low pitch skin up a summer road to the Tri-Chutes area. We had the benefit of well used skin track that also suggested that the new snow we were hoping to find would probably be tracked out. The hike really begins as you zig-zag up to the point you select for your ski run. There was lot's of fresh, light snow after last Sunday's dump but the warm weather stiffened up the snow and made for more difficult turns. As we skied back into the trees the snow conditions improved and made for better turns. I had some of my best powder turns ever on these short 5 to 8 turn shots. We started hiking about 1 and got back to the car at 4:30ish. No photos of the trip this time which is probably a good thing. I had forgotten my shell jacket so I packed the jacket that I wear to the bus stop. It looks like a trench coat with a hood on it. Tom said I looked like "the Bystander" from an old Go Fish card game his kids had when they were young. "the Bystander" was one of the pairs of cards in the game.
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