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Day Seven - Exit. 

Day Six - Little T.  Part Seven. 

Day Six - Little T.  Part Five. 

Day Six - Little T.  Part Three.   

Day Six - Little T.  Part One. 

Day Four: Skiing the Lower Cowlitz and Ingraham Glaciers (part two). 

Day 3 - Muir to the Upper Ingraham and afternoon south facing laps (part two). 

We found a similar type crust on a south facing slope that day, which appeared to be a sun crust...it was not present in the shade of trees.

North facing slopes were stable, but did have a small scattered pockets of <10cm wind slab.  Mostly good, soft snow was found.

Hell of a trip indeed! Strong work. Pics please!

Excellent.

Updates appreciated; I was planning on going up there Friday and curious what happened to the crystals.

Holy smokes! I was ogling Little T from Crystal that very Friday, definitely didn't imagine anyone was up there. Congrats to both you you guys, can't imagine that mountain has seen too many December summits, nor powder descents.

The "GROUP" with  :)

Next time. That "luge" run is a long haul up with limited fun on the down. Not breaking a leg on one of those creek dip bridges was the best part about it.

That dramatic hoar layer was also forming above 5k at Crystal on Thurs. could be a hazard if it doesn't warm and consolidate. Lots of wind loading and scouring in Bullion and Cement on Sat.

Thanks for trying guys. I've touched base with a few folks who have passed the area and didn't see it, so I'm resigned to the fact that it probably slid a bit downhill which probably means it's gone.. enjoy the tour!

No, it was skinnable the whole way on a splitboard, minus boot to North chair, but was firm in spots between snow lk and Melakwa pass. Snowed some tiny perfect snowflakes most of the day.

Nice tracks. 

We skied that slope this morning, and it was oh so smooth, great choice in sniffing out the goods and thanks for doing the work to put in the skin track.   

Promised pictures...

... and bump for missing sony helmet cam. should be between snow lake and chair peak lake.... money and beers! :)
Chances of it turning up only last as long as our skintrack, but in case its helpful, our track is here

Morning light on the goods...


It was nice...

that's a thing of beauty

Thanks for posting! What a day to be on the mountain!

No instabilities noted.

N face chair had windboard up high. Better down on funnel once sheltered from east winds?

Ski down to Melakwa was similar...random sucrusts and weird ice layers mixed in. Snow transport off slopes?? Thought it was going to be sheltered.

Best snow was skinning up to Bryant. If had legs for it, lapping that would have been great.

Bryan couloir was great. Little windboard up high, then chalky few inches all the way down. Face shot...

Way to get it Michelle!!!!!!

Andrew certainly looks like a plump santa at the end...

It was OK today but didn't ski all that great, chalky and chunky.  Phantom was surprisingly awesome even with the sun its had recently but its been so damn cold and possibly with clouds helping too.  It was 9F up top today and great snow but there is certainly hoar growing now which could pose a problem with next snowfall especially if it stays cold.  Beautiful up there this morning.

Great call pulling out of there as with those conditions, the col coming back out very likely would have been loaded and funky as well.  thanks for the beta!