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Skiing Clouds Rest in Yosemite
#29732 01/28/13 12:42 PM
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My favorite Fresno Bee reporter Marek Warszawski published an article Saturday:

Fearless skiers descend vertical Clouds Rest in Yosemite

These guys had to rappel some 500' in order to ski down the rest. Pretty crazy, but interesting anyway.

Some nice pictures with the article.

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Steve C #29735 01/29/13 09:06 AM
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Thanks for posted that article.

I recall being across from Half Dome, early one April and, upon hearing thunder in otherwise clear skies, looked up canyon. The entire face of Clouds Rest was in motion - thick slabs of snow rumbling down the face. It was the biggest avalanche I have ever witnessed.

The author of the article was probably right when he said that skiing it once was enough!

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Bob West #29772 02/04/13 12:33 PM
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Steve, you and I had the same experience as Bob West. Remember hearing the thunder and looking back to see Clouds rest in full avalanche mode?


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