Feb 20, Tomyhoi

Isn't Tomyhoi one of the cooler names out there?  Been up there in the summer and have wanted to check it out in the winter.  edog and I set out from 3000' 2 miles up the road.   Ranger said there'd be a "patch" at 2 miles up the road and after that it'd be bare and require hiking.  Well the patch was continuous all way save 3 small patches--hurray!! (will melt out farther up valley soon). 

Killer views of Shuksan and the rest.  Way up felt like more up and down than in the summer.  Climbing the only settling we experienced was on a couple SW aspects.  Got to a couple hundred shy of the summit.  Skipped that Becky exposed class 3 summit with mixed snow and ice; looks way more tame in the summer!  Skied down the north side 1500'.  Conditions changed every 30' from wind buff, powder, thin wind slab.  Made for a challenging skin out.    Fun ski back. We linked it up pretty well and a found quicker way out above the TH.