![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09076.jpg)
New to the area, Nick and I planned to use the day to check out some closer in terrain, analyze stability, and decide if it was worth staying for a few more days. Nick heading up for our first lap:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09049.jpg)
And heading back down:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09051.jpg)
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09053.jpg)
Yep, that snow is good!
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09055.jpg)
I dropped in farther up the ridge:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09058-1.jpg)
Our second lap we headed up the same valley as the first, but this time a bit further, finding another mini-golf zone. Nick:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09061.jpg)
The terrain and snow in this zone was great, so we headed back up our skin track for another lap. Nick went airborne:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09072.jpg)
and finished it up with some GS turns:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/DSC09073.jpg)
I dropped into a little hanging snowfield:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/IMG_7258.jpg)
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/IMG_7262.jpg)
Then, at the last second, decided to do a flip off of a rock lower down my line, which didn't turn out very well:
![](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu113/Mike_Records/IMG_7274.jpg)
Impressed with the terrain available at Hatcher and excited about the easily accessible high quality snow, Nick and I decided to head back the next day.
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