Hart's Pass - Our First TAY!

My wife and I celebrated our first ever 12 consecutive months of skiing yesterday! And it was so so good.

Snow began at 4000'.  At about 5000' it became too deep to drive through.  From there we skinned 3.6 miles skin to Hart's Pass. Those 3.6 miles were about 18F degrees and gorgeous views.  All the snow from there to the pass had about 2 inches of firm crust, strong enough to support our weight without breaking.  Starting around Hart's pass, the snow got deeper, softer, and the crust faded away.  We went about half mile beyond the pass before climbing a short SW facing pitch.  Estimated 16 inches of delicious pow!

Thanks entirely to the snowmobilers the 4.2 miles road back to the car was all skiable, with just a few spots of skating.

Saw no other skiers, 1 hunter, and 5 snowmobilers (1 looked about 6 years old on the smallest sled I've ever seen, very cute, he kept falling off into the soft snow).