Left Gully Windy But Rippable - 12/07/25

Guest blog by Matt, James, and Jon

We left the parking lot around 7:30 am, up the John Sherburne Ski Trail with clear and sunny conditions. We skinned all the way to the top with only the final water bar still running—a welcome surprise this early in the season. Coverage on the lower slopes has filled in nicely, too, a noticeable improvement from just two weeks ago.

We made it to the bowl around 9 am with some summit fog and blowing clouds, but moments of bluebird as well. We had some chats on the way up and called an audible to ski Left Gully.

After skinning up to the bottom of Left Gully and transitioned to booting at the bottom of the slide path. We were met with windy and cold conditions, but good. And there's a very nice boot pack forming at this point. 

We transitioned just below the lip. Firm and fast up top, ripping down the bottom after the dog leg.

Booted down portions of the goat path, naturally. We skied from the water pump down to the cars with fun snow conditions and much fewer hazards compared to the last few weeks. Still plenty of sharks to look out for on the final three pitches. The consensus was the faster you go the less rocks you will hit (said theory is still being researched).