July 9th, Y-not?

Last weekend i finally hooked up with my friend Pete Tapely, who has found his ski stoke quite late in the season.  Pete put down his first tracks about a month ago and is now in ful summer ski swing, but hey i didn't argue, as it had been over 30 days since i had some quality time with my sticks.  We decided to go get after the classic Y-couloir on Black Mountain in the Absaroka Range.  After a looong approach with some intensely high water creek crossings we came upon the lake and the peak above.  The skiers right line looked out of condition and had some looming hang-fire, so we opted for the skiers left line, finding some great spring corn all the way down.  After cooking it back down the trail we hit the car at 9:45, capping a 14-hour day... whew!

Upper Pine Creek Lake, the Y-Couloir is to the right of the large face.

Pete also made a really solid edit of the day. 

Click the link below and go full screen, hit the HD button, and crank the volume!

http://vimeo.com/26307556