It had become apparent that the new snow from Saturday night had settled well with minimal activity reported. Thus the skins were pulled out and I trekked up to the top of 7th. Others had the same idea.
Winter was certainly in the air.
Blackcomb peak covered in Rime.
There was a real warning at the top.
Which people were certainly not ignoring!
After checking out the Saudan...
...we headed across the Horstman Glacier
A quick pit above Heavenly Basin suggested 18" consolidated above an ice/wind crust from a couple of weeks earlier Shear tests showed that these were bonding well. Armed with this, we headed into the Basin for the first good turns of the year
