June 7, 2010, Silver Peak

The sun was out on the webcam at The Pass so I assumed the moisture had cleared.  I stopped by Alpental around 3pm and it was sunny and lightly drizzling.  I decided to head up to Silver and arrived to high overcast.  No one was around and I started skinning around 4pm.  I followed some old tracks that followed the edge of the trees.  The coverage is still continuous all the way to the upper basin/ridge.  The sun peaked briefly and then the mist rolled in along with clouds which covered the upper ridge.  Finally it began drizzling at the top and then a constant light rain.  Yuck, I hate skiing in the rain even more than walking on dirt to ski. The snow is nicely consolidated and I skimmed along the very shallow sun cups which were soft.  Excellent coverage along the entire route.