May 3, 2006; Hyak (Dusk Patrol)

In hopes of finding some after-work corn on a quick ski outing, Allyson and I departed the Hyak (Summit East) parking lot at ~6:30 in the evening sun.  The base area is melting-out quick with some large bare patches, but the rest of the route to the top of the ski area still has good coverage (medium-size suncups near the base, less sun-cupped near the top).  The shaded slopes were already starting to refreeze, but were still soft enough for good turns.  We were rewarded with brilliant evening sunlight and an excellent corn snow harvest on the upper few hundred feet of the descent, continuing the fun turns down the shaded slopes back to the base area (only 1 quick stream crossing near the bottom). Not bad at all for ~1,000 vertical feet of turns and 1 hour car-to-car! :)