Got out into the mountains on Thurs for some spring backcountry skiing with my 81 year old father. I would probably climb this and ski it in about 2-2.5 hrs (its a 2000' descent) - it took him 5 hours, but he is still out there doing it. We planned accordingly and timed it right to get the first really good spring corn snow turns.
Panorama from the top. Ski areas A-basin, Keystone and Breckenridge all visible as well as 14ers Torreys and Gray (high peaks on the left). We were at about 13,000' elevation here.
The 'run' is called Dave's Wave - as you can see its a bit of a cross-wind feature that loads snow. Normally it fills in the bottom side a bit more for better skiing, but even with the side hill skiing the snow was good quality. My father is the little dot in the snow field gives a sense of scale.
Action shot getting down to the treeline.
Back to work today - rather be skiing or jeeping.