November 28, 2010, Mt Baker, Lake Ann

Saw a fair number of people around the Table mtn over the weekend.  John, Paul, David and me, broke tail most of the way to Lake Ann on Sunday. The coverage at the valley bottom was pretty good, but required some meandering around to avoid open creeks.  Once we followed the summer trail on the hill side, going got much easier.  There were many evidences of recent avy activities, maybe right after/during the last dump.  The snow pack seems to have mostly settled except around steep rocky slopes in the afternoon sun.  We skied over an old crown (~1'), a wind slab on surface hoar.

The visibility was somewhat poor, especially when we reached the lake.  Skinned up toward the Shuksan Arm until we decided to turn around while we could see some.  Of course, it cleared later as we were getting ready to head out on the trail.

Beautiful tour with a lot of ski potential.  Another one to come back.