Because we don't want to fly with each other's Christmas presents, we decided to have a little early Christmas gift exchange on Saturday (known as Dani & Dierker Day henceforth). After opening presents and having our usual bagel+cc and coffee, we headed up the hill for a tour up to Forest Lakes. We had a lovely time poking around, and only saw one other party in the same drainage as us. We were up in the same area two weekends ago, but in low-viz conditions. Cresting the ridge to the lowest Forest Lake, we both got pretty stoked at what we couldn't see the last trip to the drainage. A huge headwall with tons of steep bowls and tight couloirs made for a great backdrop to toodling around in awe. After a few transitions, the midday sun was making for some heavy snow conditions so we headed back to Ned for some nepali lunch, followed by a nap and a movie. Happy early Christmas to us!
Sunday was equally fun-- we toured on Caribou Road with Jen P to help sort out new-boot-issues, and then enjoyed Scrabble and coffee, a visit with Laurelyn, a bootfitting session at Neptune, and beers and sandwiches at Southern Sun. A great way to end the weekend!
xoxo,
D&D
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