With all the hunting I have been doing it was a struggle to find time to snowboard in September. Then it hit me, why not use nights? I came up with the plan to hike up to St. Mary's glacier for the full moon. I figured with the reflection off of the snow it would plenty bright for some fun. We got started up the glacier a little later than we had anticipated because of happy hour at Smokin' Yard in Idaho Springs. Their sliders are incredible by the way, I highly recommend it.
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| Photo: Paul Bourdon |
The anticipation was towards sunset glacier shots and rising moon shots. Like I said, we were too late for sunset and there was so much cloud cover we couldn't see the moon. We salvaged a few shots we had in mind and then continued to hike up.
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| Endless Winter Photo: Cory Arola |
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| St. Mary's Glacier Photo: Paul Bourdon |
While messing with the cameras and tripods, we could feel the chill in the air. Seasons were changing. From that point on we wore coats, gloves and hats. Amazingly two days later, at that altitude and higher it snowed.
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| Ascent and descent Photo: Paul Bourdon |
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| Paul making some turns. Photo: Cory Arola |
The snow was extremely suncupped and rock hard. It was a fight for every turn.
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| Photo: Paul Bourdon |
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| Photo: Cory Arola |
It wasn't one of our better ideas, and the lack of moon light made it even harder. Our visibility was very limited due to just the light of our head lamps.
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| Lucky Bunny Photo: Cory Arola |
It was quite and adventure, I was stoked just to be out doing it again and getting even more amped for this season to start.
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