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Start of the skin track.
Skinning up the skin track.
Our objective for the day: the summit.
Looking at the lines on Coon Hill.
Looking up into Straight Creek Basin.
Approaching the ridge.
Looking down on Eisenhower Tunnel.
Winter-like conditions near the summit.
View of I-70 heading west into Silverthorne, Colorado.
Transitions in flat light.
Dropping in to Straight Creek Basin!
Powder turns in mid-May at Straight Creek Basin.
Low-angle bliss at Straight Creek Basin.
Getting a little air at Straight Creek Basin.
Downhill turns in Straight Creek Basin.