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John Morrow
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PostMon Mar 20, 2017 6:33 pm 
We played on some slopes around Jim Hill yesterday. Hit some south aspect first and shady 2nd. Words of the day were: variable and fun. Depths in this profile varied based on wind transport, elevation, and aspect; but in general: 2 to 8" uncohesive new powder, over: 1.5 cm crust (sometimes supportive, sometimes carveable, sometimes absent), over: 4 to 6" facetting powder: cleared off Sat night apparently this far east of the crest, over: supportive thick rain soaked layer. No reason to dig below this. Sun warmed south aspect skied nicely down to 4500 then got deeper and mushy.
South side creamy
South side creamy
Lauren
Lauren
Tom
Tom
Southside snow conditions
Southside snow conditions
Skinnin' out
Skinnin' out
Jake ascends
Jake ascends
Big C
Big C
Sought wind deposited snow on shady aspects to float on the thin crust. Dodged many tree bombs and avy debris throughout the day.
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Tom goes
Tom goes
Tom goes
Tom goes
Eric
Eric
tom and typical slide debris
tom and typical slide debris
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Nice scene
Nice scene
Getting down
Getting down
Almost down
Almost down
Overall, great day to be out in them thar hills.

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PostMon Mar 20, 2017 6:40 pm 
Beautiful shots. Do you ski through all those clearings visible in the middle photos on the way out?

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PostMon Mar 20, 2017 9:53 pm 
surfin' the southside schmoo

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PostWed Mar 22, 2017 5:55 pm 
puzzlr wrote:
Beautiful shots. Do you ski through all those clearings visible in the middle photos on the way out?
Hi puzzlr, Yeah, it's one big avy path mostly. Then out the Lanham Lake trail.

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PostThu Mar 23, 2017 6:32 am 
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