Skinner Hut Page 1

Turquoise Lake Trailhead - 9,760' (89kb) Somewhere on the Turquoise Lake Road (95kb) A long, monotonous 7+ miles along the road (95kb) That's Mount Massive in the background (83kb)
Katrina and Emily plodding along (97kb) Looking west towards Hagerman Pass (92kb) skinner07.jpg (89kb) Lunch break (102kb)
Starting up the last three mile steep strech (92kb) Breaking trail much of the way (89kb) skinner11.jpg (75kb) This is the 'Lunch Spot' - about 4 pm (58kb)
Skinner is on top of that ridge (71kb) One of the steeper stretches (69kb) Just crossed one of the few spots where avalanches are a concern (78kb) Skinner Hut is somehere under all that snow (49kb)
Despite much shoveling, we couldn't keep a path clear (59kb) Preparing dinner (72kb) This is where Katrina and Emily spent the second day (83kb) skinner18.jpg (83kb)
Preparing for an afternoon of skiing around the hut (82kb) The boys went off for a few hours of fun (57kb) skinner20.jpg (68kb) Joe taking a leap off a snow pile (76kb)
skinner22.jpg (54kb) East view towards Turqoise Lake (52kb) Heading back up the hill for another run (68kb) Mark, Joe & John (80kb)
Joe on a downhill run (62kb) skinner27.jpg (52kb) skinner28.jpg (66kb) Mark on his (62kb)

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