Rob Lucas - Ultracyclist

Eiseman Hut 2006

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Jamie getting ready to take the skins off his skis at the top of the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut for the first run. 2/5/06

Jamie and Tom taking the skins off their skis at the top of the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut for the first run. 2/5/06

View of Vail ski area and Mount of the Holy Cross from the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

Tom, David, and Dave getting ready to ski from the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

Tom getting ready to ski from the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

Me standing at the edge of the deck at the Eiseman Hut with Vail ski area and Mount of the Holy Cross behind me. 2/6/06

View of the Eiseman Hut and outhouse. 2/6/06

View of the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

Matthew heading up the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut to do a run. 2/6/06

View to the east from the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

View of Vail ski area and Mount of the Holy Cross from the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

View to the east from the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

Trail up the ridge behind the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

View to the west from below the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

The path to the outhouse was pretty well walled with snow. 2/6/06

Sunset from the Eiseman Hut. 2/6/06

Tom taking the skin off his ski without taking the ski off. 2/7/06

Jaime looks like he's having fun. 2/7/06

Tom, Dave, and Jaime getting ready to go down from the ridge to the south west of the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

Tom, Jaime, and I getting ready to go down from the ridge to the south west of the Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

View of the Gore Range from below the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

View of the Gore Range from below the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

Nice section off the ridge to the south west of the Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

Nice section off the ridge to the south west of the Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

Tom getting ready to drop on down from an old logging road. The Eiseman Hut is on the right edge of the open hillside above Tom. 2/7/06

Tom looking up at snow falling out of the trees at the bottom of the valley below the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

Up track back up to the saddle to the south west of Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

View of the Gore Range from below the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

View of the Eiseman Hut from the ridge to the southwest. 2/7/06

Zoomed in on the Eiseman Hut from the ridge to the southwest. 2/7/06

View of the Gore Range from the ridge to the southwest of the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

View of the Gore Range from the ridge to the southwest of the Eiseman Hut. 2/7/06

Up track back to the Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

Bowl where some of the other guys hung out. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

David at the bowl where some of the other guys hung out. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

Matthew and David stayed out late. Picture by Matthew 2/7/06

Picture of me dropping down a perfect slot in the trees. Picture by Matthew 2/8/06

Picture of me a little farther down from the previous picture. It was such a nice slot but in the picture I'm losing my balance. I didn't fall but it wasn't pretty. Picture by Matthew 2/8/06

Matthew putting skins on at the bottom of our last run before heading out from the Eiseman Hut. We had dropped to the bottom of the valley. 2/8/06

Matthew putting skins on at the bottom of our last run before heading out from the Eiseman Hut. We had dropped to the bottom of the valley. 2/8/06

Ridge to the south west of the Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/8/06

View out one of the windows on the backside of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Sleeping area in the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Sleeping area in the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Kitchen area of the Eiseman Hut. Dogs aren't normally allowed at the huts but the cleaning and maintenance people were there with a couple search and rescue dogs when we were getting ready to leave. 2/8/06

Wood heat stove in the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

David getting read to leave the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

The outhouse at the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Matthew coming up the hill the last time to the Eiseman Hut with the Gore Range in the background. 2/8/06

Picture of me standing on the deck at the Eiseman Hut. Picture by Matthew 2/8/06

The Vail ski area and the Mount of the Holy Cross from the deck of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Beaver Creek ski area from the deck of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

The Gore Range from the deck of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

View to the west from the deck of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Matthew and David hanging out on the deck of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Corner of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Backside of the Eiseman Hut with the Gore Range in the background. 2/8/06

Corner of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

Corner of the Eiseman Hut. 2/8/06

The "wall". I was waiting for Matthew to come down to help show how steep it is but he snuck down another way to avoid it. It's a little over 3 hours in on the way to the Eiseman Hut so you're already tired when you get to it. On the way out it always seems to be either icy or heavy, wet snow since it really gets the sun middle of the day. 2/8/06

Matthew is at the left of the opening sneaking down to avoid the "wall". 2/8/06

Zoomed in on Matthew sneaking down to avoid the "wall". 2/8/06

Matthew almost back on the main trail after avoiding the "wall". 2/8/06

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