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applegrove

(118,915 posts) Sun Feb 19, 2012, 11:27 PM Feb 2012

Ever been to the back country? I went to Skoki lodge one March. We skied in using telemark skis.

It was gorgeous, hard work, great food when you finally get to the lodge in the valley.

http://www.skoki.com/

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Ever been to the back country? I went to Skoki lodge one March. We skied in using telemark skis. (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2012 OP

What do you consider backcountry? OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #1

I once spent 2 months in the mountains at a tea house. We had tourists every day so it was applegrove Feb 2012 #2

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

1. What do you consider backcountry?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Feb 19, 2012, 11:53 PM

Feb 2012

Back in the day, my first wife and I would quit our jobs every summer and spend about three months backpacking in Yosemite. Back far enough and long enough that the only way we knew it was a weekend was when the mule and horse outfitters would come through with the tourists. When we finally came back down it took a month to get used to washing with hot water.

A very special and unforgettable period in my life. We also did Lassen and Kings canyon. Had a bear tear the top off my TR4 and had to drive two days from Lassen to Sacramento to get a new top, then went on to Kings canyon.

Too old for that shit now but what memories.

Edited cause we still don't have spellcheck and I can't spell for shit but I read enough to know when it looks wrong.

applegrove

(118,915 posts)

2. I once spent 2 months in the mountains at a tea house. We had tourists every day so it was