Rider: Danielle Balik                             Photo: Pat Mulrooney  

Dale from Tyax Air called me to offer a flight on his last day of the year. It was the perfect opportunity to get one last ride in before the snow hit. The plan was to ride out from Warner lake but with the super cold temps Dale couldnt get the ice off the wings until the air temperature rose to at least -1 deg C. We ended up flying out at 10:00am so we got put down on Spruce lake. The entire day the was super cold and didnt rise above -5 deg C. The ride took us up and over Windy Pass and through Eldorado Basin with a decent down "The Extra Pleasure Zone".