I went up yesterday, here's a little trip report.
We parked at the upper parking lot; there was not much snow here.
After a while we reached the top of Bridger lift. As you can see, there is absolutely no snow at the very bottom, but there was a decent snow pack at this elevation.
This shot looks over at the O's. I wouldn't be too inclined to ski these right now, seeing as there were many exposures.
Pierre's Knob is looking ok
Here is the top of Deer Park
Getting ready to hike the last pitch up to the top of the ridge...
Zach coolin off.
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The Crazies.....
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So we first got to the top of the ridge and went south to traverse a short ways and descend Super Couloir. Unfortunately, we didn't take any shots of that, but it was pretty fun. The couloir is generally protected from the sun. The snow was essentially hardpack with a dusting of light stuff on top. On top of the ridge the snowpack was about 2 to 3 feet deep; coverage was fine. A lot of the boulders that get covered up below the couloir were covered enough to jump off of; it was definitely some fun skiing. Once we got into the sun the texture changed; the top layer was nice and soft, still fun.
We then hiked back up the ridge and went north to hidden gully. The snowpack was generally the same depth. Here we are bundling up, getting ready to drop in
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Here is the gully. It really had decent coverage. The snow was quite icy/hard, but manageable all the same.
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Blake drops in....
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myself...
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Zach a little lower in the gully
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As the gully got wider more little cliffs became apparent. Although the snow wasn't very forgiving, small drops were very plentiful. We skiied down to the apron and traversed left a short ways to find some wide open untracked turns. We then skiied skier's left of the alpine lift a ways down, but then we stopped. Of course, what ski trip would be complete without some jibbing? We found a little pvc rail in the woods and messed around on that for a short while. Then we just goofed around off the knuckle of a cat track.
Photo: Ned Gall
All in all, the snow was not amazing or anything, but it was a fun day nonetheless. The hike wasn't unbearable, but it did take a little while. Hopefully this answers some peoples questions.
