Thursday, July 28, 2005
Mt. Daniel (June 5, 2005)
It pays to try. After a late evening hike to Peggy's Pond, Bolton and I awoke to consistent rain on the megamid. Our hopes of being far enough east to avoid the showers were diminished. But rather than bail (yes, we thought about it), we threw the rain gear on and headed up. The rain turned to snow right away as we skinned through the fog.
We stopped below the spire on the NE ridge. Skiing off the top a couple years ago, we felt we should take advantage of the sun breaks that were starting rather than touch the top and risk a whiteout descent. The ski was lovely, sliding through an inch of new on top of saturated smoothness, and had great visibility the entire descent. You always gotta try.
We stopped below the spire on the NE ridge. Skiing off the top a couple years ago, we felt we should take advantage of the sun breaks that were starting rather than touch the top and risk a whiteout descent. The ski was lovely, sliding through an inch of new on top of saturated smoothness, and had great visibility the entire descent. You always gotta try.
Labels: ski touring
