Originally Posted by Punkmouse

hey KC want to go to berthoud on sat??

Originally Posted by Nick Pappagiorgio

Buffalo Mountain



(photo by sftc; taken from the top of A-Basin the same day)





Elevation gain / vertical skied: 3,011 ft
RT: ~5.5 miles
Time: 7:17 (3:15 on the ascent for supermen fortysix&2 and tiptoptune who had to bootpack the last 700-800 feet)
Splitboard kooks & tele wannabes: NPG, CG, killclimbz, fortysix&2, tiptoptune
Visual capturers: NPG, CG, killclimbz





Here's a shot of Denver's skyline around 6 in the morning as seen from Golden:



(photo by NPG)




The only one in our group to have done Buffalo before was fortysix&2 who had a bit unfortunate descending experience. So we decided to take extra precautions towards ensuring that we make it back to where we started. Of course, a GPS device would be the obvious choice, but we must maintain a very elevated TGR "keeping it real" factor:






Just like the previous day, the blue skies, the warm weather, and the lack of wind made everything perfect. Of course, the skin up was a bitch, but when you peak over your shoulder occasionally, you are reminded why you're out here in the first place:



(photo by NPG)




(photo by killclimbz)




Anyone care to claim these rather ambitious lines? Pretty sure the first one is from Saturday and the second photograph was taken within minutes of the line being completed:





(photos by NPG)




Skin track stoke:



(photo by NPG)




fortysix&2 and tiptoptune nearing the false summit:



(photo by killclimbz)




And now a word from our favorite Tahoe-based ski companies with Lake Tahoe photoshopped into the background: