Cool trip. That couloir has been on the to-ski list, nice way to kick off a tour. And the NW face of Black appeared to be in good shape when you were back there! Wish I'd seen this report earlier, conditions in the area looked primo.
MuradN, I assume that layer was caused by rain penetrating the upper snowpack, since we only found it between 9-10K which was basically the freezing level during the most recent storm. A couple days of freeze/thaw should consolidate everything, as long as it gets cold enough to freeze overnight at that elevation (it didn´t during the night we were there).
We toured there 30 years ago but didn't have enough snow to consider Bacon pk. worthy of the brush shenanigans. North side of Watson had a lot of snow so yo-yo'd everything in that area which was good enough. The scenery is amazing as your video conveyed. Good work!
I think we may have watched you guys set off those sides from our high camp. On Saturday the mank want moving although it clouded out a couple times during our descent.
I skied Lassen yesterday with Meira and we were able to skin from the car with 4 short carries via the SE face. Dropped into the west face, had to carry through about a 50' section, but overall had a 2000' descent. Some shenanigans required to return to the parking lot but not bad. We are grateful for Amar's inti...
We dropped in about 130 or so. Wasn't really any better. Legs tired from the ascent and tele skis made for semi-survival skiing esp. the lower slop. Still a great day in the mountains with my son and his friend.
