7/7/07 Whitman Crest, Goat Cirque
7/7/07
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I left a half hour before light and got to Whitman Crest at 10:30am by skinning up to Meany Crest from Summerland Camp. The Meany route doesn't offer a continuous ski anymore, it would require two short carries to ski down this way (one at Meany Crest, and another on the rocky ridge at the bottom of the bowl below it), although one could eek out a little more vert and ski almost to Fryingpan Creek. After seeing Andy, Charles, and company's turns I decided to follow the Goat Cirque route and explore some new, to me anyway, terrain.
I skied down just before 11am and the snow was nice corn, only minor sloughing on some of the steeper sections. I had one short carry, just about 20 feet across a rocky ridge, trying to follow where you all had skied. Beautiful blue sky day, not too warm, all the volcanoes were out and the wind was pretty slight. I saw one skier heading up the trail on my way out.
I left a half hour before light and got to Whitman Crest at 10:30am by skinning up to Meany Crest from Summerland Camp. The Meany route doesn't offer a continuous ski anymore, it would require two short carries to ski down this way (one at Meany Crest, and another on the rocky ridge at the bottom of the bowl below it), although one could eek out a little more vert and ski almost to Fryingpan Creek. After seeing Andy, Charles, and company's turns I decided to follow the Goat Cirque route and explore some new, to me anyway, terrain.
I skied down just before 11am and the snow was nice corn, only minor sloughing on some of the steeper sections. I had one short carry, just about 20 feet across a rocky ridge, trying to follow where you all had skied. Beautiful blue sky day, not too warm, all the volcanoes were out and the wind was pretty slight. I saw one skier heading up the trail on my way out.
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