Cumbres Pass Weekend

This is a 2 day (Saturday & Sunday) X-C ski trip to Cumbres Pass.  The Saturday ski is designed to set up a longer tour on Sunday.  We'll stay at a motel in Chama on Saturday night.  Participants are welcome for one or both days.  This trip is weather dependant - if there were to be a blizzard on Sunday, we might decide to postpone until a later date.  
The Saturday tour will start from the Neff Mountain yurt trailhead parking lot, We will ski down to the Cumbres & Toltec railroad tracks and ski to Osier and back, snow permitting.  (the tracks are on a south facing slope, so it is not certain if there will be sufficient snow coverage.  In addition, there is a railroad tressel to cross)  The round trip distance is approximately 12 miles.  
The Sunday tour is approximatley 17 miles.  We will drop cars at the Neff Mountain yurt trailhead parking lot, and then drive to La Manga Pass (the Spruce Hole Yurt trailhead) to begin skiing.  We will ski up past the Spruce Hole Yurt, up onto Pinorealosa Peak and south to Osier.  Then we will return to the Neff Mountain yurt trailhead parking lot via the Cumbres & Toltec railroad tracks - on our tracks that we make on Saturday.  (if the Saturday ski is not successful, we will probably do an out/back tour from La Manga Pass).
We will meet at 7:15 and leave Los Alamos by 7:30 am on Saturday.  Participants are welcome for one or both tours.  The Sunday tour will leave Chama at ~6:00 am.  To sign up, email Jean at jdewart@q.com