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Round Top

#outdoors 2024

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Extended weekend touring and corn skiing around Round Top, near Carson Pass in California. It’s close enough to South Lake Tahoe that after a morning of skiing, we could skin a few miles back to the car, drive into town for a late lunch, then get back to camp with plenty of time before sundown.

One night after sunset, there were faint shapes in the night sky. We didn’t learn until later we’d caught the fringe of the largest solar storm in decades.

Skinning through scattered pines toward Mokelumne Wall and Round Top.Wind-scoured crust and loose wet snow flanking Round Top.Red tent pitched on snow, Round Top’s summit rising above.Sunset panorama from camp.Sun dropping behind a rocky ridge, snowfields in the foreground glowing pink.
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