![]() ![]() While people like Bard, Carter and Bela Vadasz were proving it was possible to pull off such descents on freeheel gear, some behind the scenes were tinkering with plastic telemark boots that might expand such feats from the athletically gifted to the athletically inclined. Whitney’s Mountaineers Route and Sierra classics like the Bloody and Dana Couloirs. Before the ’80s were over, the capability of telemark gear had been proven on descents of the U- and V-Notch under North Palisade peak, Mt. In the same decade, Bela and Mimi Vadasz began incorporating as much of the holistic, European mountain attitude as they dared in their Sierra-based guiding program, Alpine Skills International. Soon after Dave Beck established the now classic Sierra High Route in 1975, Tom Carter, Allan Bard and Chris Cox pioneered the Redline traverse, logging descents along the Sierra Crest that were alpine in nature and Nordic in execution. Williamson and, in the late ’70s, Galen Rowell and Kim Schmitz skied the south side on skinny skis, pins and leather boots Schmitz’s arm was even in a cast. Los Angeles’s Ski Mountaineers Section of the Sierra Club led semi-regular ski tours on Mt. While occasional early tours traversed Williamson’s flanks, they were infrequent and definitely didn’t reach the north side. The thought of skiing anything on the north wall of Williamson probably didn’t occur with any measure of regularity until the ’80s. With no established trails, access is a catch-22 of dense underbrush choking the natural routes up George, Bairs and North Bairs Creeks, making passage with skis a gauntlet of frustration. Williamson’s is the Eastside’s largest massif, rising from 6,000 feet on the east to 14,370 feet on the west and encompassing all the mass between George Creek to the south and Williamson Creek to the north. Includes (Q6S) 20" machined face aluminum wheels with Technical Gray pockets.Giant’s Steps on 14,370-foot Mt. (Not available with (W40) Base 3LT Leather Package. Includes (IOU) Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Plus system with connected Navigation and 8" diagonal HD color touchscreen, (UQA) Bose premium 10-speaker system, (DRZ) Rear Camera Mirror, (UV2) HD Surround Vision, (KSG) Adaptive Cruise Control, (UGN) Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking, (UKK) Rear Pedestrian Alert, (DBT) Outside heated power-folding body-color mirrors with turn signal indicators and (KI6) 120-volt power outlet Requires Jet Black leather-appointed interior Requires (H1Y) Jet Black interior.)Ģ0" Gloss Black painted aluminum wheels with Red accentsīlack painted rocker and wheel openings with Black Ice insertsĪvailable with Iridescent Pearl Tricoat, Silver Ice Metallic, Summit White Mosaic Black Metallic or Cherry Red Tintcoat (Available with exterior color (G1W), Iridescent Pearl Tricoat, (GAN) Silver Ice Metallic, (GAZ) Summit White, (GB8) Mosaic Black Metallic or (GSK) Cherry Red Tintcoat. Includes (SS8) 20" Gloss Black painted aluminum wheels with Red accents, Gloss Black window surround, (VUP) Redline accent decals, Black mirror caps and door handles, Black painted rocker and wheel openings with Black Ice inserts, Black Ice grille surround and license plate applique, (CG6) Black Traverse badges with Red outline, Black Chevrolet bowties, (V59) Black roof rails, (C3U) Dual Skyscape 2-panel power sunroof and (V92) trailering equipment Contact a dealer for details or check the window label for the features on a specific vehicle) Feature will not function on certain models without dealer retrofit. Heated front seats (certain vehicles built between Novemand Februand after Mawill not be equipped with heated driver and front passenger seats. Multi-color Driver Information Center display Vehicles equipped with (00V) Not Equipped with Heated Driver and Front Passenger Seats will be eligible for later dealer retrofit to enable functionality, see dealer for details.)Ĭonvenience and Driver Confidence PackageĬhevrolet Infotainment 3 Plus system1 with connected Navigation2 and 8" diagonal HD color touchscreen on RS modelsĬhevrolet Infotainment 3 Plus system1 with connected Navigation2 and 8" diagonal HD color touchscreen on LT Leather and RS models Certain vehicles built between Novemand Februwill be forced to include (00V) Not Equipped with Heated Driver and Front Passenger Seats, which removes heated driver and front passenger seats. ![]() Vehicles built prior to Novemand on or after Februinclude heated driver and front passenger seats. Includes (IOS) Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Plus system with 8" diagonal HD color touchscreen, (UDD) multi-color Driver Information Center display, (KA1) heated front seats, (UG1) Universal Home Remote, (BTV) Remote Start and (TB5) rear power liftgate ![]()
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