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March 2001, Yurt trip to Huntington,VT.

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001Snowshoe front of yurt.jpg (42313 bytes) 02 On the trail sshoe.jpg (26993 bytes) 04 Molly Stark Balcony.jpg (80816 bytes) 06 Me on Molly Stark Balcony.jpg (34146 bytes) 07 Mark MStark sunset.jpg (23982 bytes) 09 Real Breakfast of Champions.jpg (23171 bytes)

Mark, Lisa, Renee and Joe getting ready to head up Molly Stark Trail.

On the Molly Stark Trail

On top of Molly Stark Balcony. What a view of Camel's Hump and Stowe!

 

Me on top of Molly Stark-it was getting chilly and late!

Mark with the sun going down.

Breakfast of champions. Notice Mark and Lisa have hats on-it was 43 degrees inside.
0023Superman.jpg (28452 bytes) 10 Finish of breakfast.jpg (47352 bytes) 13 Closing in on Huntington Gap.jpg (39777 bytes) 13 Renee enjoying the woods.jpg (19194 bytes) 17Joe on lunch break.jpg (23599 bytes) 16 Lunch Huntington Gap.jpg (51301 bytes)
Lisa not quite making the gully with ski tips up! Finishing breakfast. Almost to the top of Huntington Gap. Renee closing in on Huntington Gap. A chilly day-Joe stopping for lunch on top of Huntington Gap. Lisa,Mark and Renee enjoying lunch.
19 Foot in binding.jpg (44752 bytes) 20 Lisa Joe Huntington Gap.jpg (39804 bytes) 22 Untracked Catamount.jpg (16273 bytes) 23 Oops.jpg (21114 bytes) 23 Joe getting righted.jpg (21394 bytes) 24 How to cross a brook.jpg (35771 bytes)
Mark, Lisa checking Renee's bindings.

 

 

 Lisa and brother Joe. Untracked Catamount Trail. Joe missing the tree. Joe getting righted. One of our first brook crossings. You can't see it but we had a log we had to navigate over then uphill.
25 Still smiling on a Shelley Adventure.jpg (11118 bytes) 26 Joe on a Shelley Adventure.jpg (26315 bytes) 27 Lisa on a Shelley Adv.jpg (24050 bytes) 28 Renee on a Shelley Adventure.jpg (18212 bytes) 29 Finally going down.jpg (11573 bytes) 34 Lisa Renee in the chute.jpg (13370 bytes)
Still smiling on a 'Shelley Adventure'. Joe still going strong. Lisa still going strong. Renee on a 'Shelley Adventure'-if they only knew! Not exactly the trail we were looking for but at 4pm we need to head down before dark. This was pretty steep. Lisa and Renee working their way downhill.
36 Renee is real happy going down.jpg (15033 bytes) 37 Ehgads another chute with water.jpg (35198 bytes) 43 Self portrait almost home.jpg (37491 bytes) 42 Getting ready to climb back to yurt.jpg (36058 bytes) 11 Footware of choice.jpg (20223 bytes) 12 Soothing the feet.jpg (16861 bytes)
Think these two are glad to be going down?! Ehgads! Another chute this time with a brook at the bottom! All of us are glad to be on a trail that we now! Getting ready to climb back up to the yurt. Not exactly the footwear of choice for Feb in a yurt! Ahhhh-after a tough day of skiing-nothing like a bath.
52group photo on log trail exit.jpg (35949 bytes) 55 Lisa the speed merchant.jpg (28408 bytes) 57 Mark having fun.jpg (19158 bytes) 60 Joe 'what do you mean weight downhill ski'.jpg (31801 bytes) 53Renee pointing them downhill going home.jpg (24526 bytes) 61 Me cruising downhill.jpg (20052 bytes)
We are all sitting on a log that was at the exit of our adventure the day before. Lisa the speed merchant! Mark having some fun pointing them downhill. Joe-you are supposed to bend your knees. Renee is very ready to head down to the cars and be done with a VT winter. Me trying to go fast.
58 Mark finishing.jpg (20282 bytes) 62 Renee flying downhill.jpg (30133 bytes) 46 packing out.jpg (47762 bytes) 48 Lisa showing us how to pull a sled.jpg (31655 bytes) 63 Renee we are almost done.jpg (17552 bytes) 45 Mark and Joe on skis.jpg (20203 bytes)
Mark getting the last of the speed for this winter on skis. Renee has become a speed demon on skis! We are getting ready to ski out with our gear on plastic sleds. Lisa showing Mark and myself how to pull a sled on skis. Renee has really gotten the hang of going downhill. Mark and Joe finishing up after a long hard day.