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Posted by Bill S on March 2, 2008 at 9:02:06 pm EST
In reply to Yosemite - Badger Pass ski trip posted by Tom D on February 29, 2008 at 9:32:46 pm EST

Great trip, Tom! I always enjoy the ski tours out from Badger. I usually take the back trail over the "real" Badger Pass to Bridalveil Campground, then various routes from there, but sometimes go out the Glacier Point Road, cutting off toward Dewey Point at the meadow or the trail south where the road makes its sharp left turn toward the Glacier Point lookout and lodge.

Even after doing this stuff for many trips and many years, we always get reminded of something we forgot, don't we? But, as you note, that's why we take backups. You say you used 3-pins. I quit using them after ripping out the holes (supposedly reinforced) too many times in a very nice pair of leather tele boots. Or rather, I used the cable supplement - sort of like belt plus suspenders, 3-pin plus cable. All my current tele gear is cable (I take a spare cable), and my "off-track" gear is NNN-BC, which seems sturdy enough for what I use it for.

Reading material - yeah, always take very light reading. On one of my trips into the Alaska Range, I took a little book by the Dalai Lama. Most of it was really excellent. However, about the 3rd day sitting out a storm that ended up lasting a full week at 17,000 ft, I got to the section on death and dying - talk about your bad choices of reading material!

Lots of excellent ideas in your TR. Thanks much for posting it.

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• Re: Yosemite - Badger Pass ski trip - Jim S 00:39:06 03/08/2008
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