6 miles of hiking • 5250' elevation gain •
only a few people on the mnt this day. the weather was whippin in the mid-morn but then it got progressively more beautiful, warm, clear, and windless!
We skied 90% of the old chute--the top 50~ foot was too icy. Skied down west crater rim and stayed to the west of crater rock-never been down that side before. Old chute was powder on top of very rough ice (not smooth), then below turned to wind-compacted powder crust about 1inch deep, with some semi light powder under it--challenging--and from there when to a more consolidated surface with chickenheads of blue ice, firm wind compacted powder, and then loose wind deposited powder in spots.
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Nat Turner
hearts this trip.