Went up in the soup heading towards the N. face of Superior.
Quite a bit of settling in the snow from days prior, and a little wind loading.
NE aspect at about 10,500ft or so. No instabilities in the new snow, but the faceted layer was about 6" from the ground. Didn't spend much time, but the sheer layer wasn't impressive.
The clouds broke briefly, and we scurried to make some turns.
It was good enough that our quaint group of six decided to make another lap.
Flykdog, second run of the year.
Grizzle6 had to bail to home, then quickly found himself eating a shit sandwich trying to get out via the S. Face of Soupville. Seen here, cold and alone, afraid, crying out for mommy on the ridgeline.
Flyk for another lap.
In defeat, Grizzle6 skis back to the group. Only to later make another attempt at skiing out the S. Face and have a mini-epic. Flyk and I went out the way we came in.
Tom, Jenny, Craig, and Grizzle, bailing to face their upcoming epic.
We went up for thirds, and the skied out via braille.
Still good skiing on north and northwest aspects. Best snow is high elevation in the trees. Saw no avy activity, and felt good about the stability.
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