January 8, 2005, Heather Ridge
1/8/05
WA Stevens Pass
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After last week's experience, I fully expected another session of base "restructuring". Instead, we were pleasantly surprised to find good coverage on the North side of Skyline lake. The fresh snow was boot cuff to knee deep, light (by WA standards), and surprisingly stable given all the weak layers I expected to find. All in all, a great day!
It was still good Sunday. 16" of powder above the crust. Some places on E facing slopes in trees and in narrow glades had a slight easily breakable crust down about 6" that would trap my fairly narrow skis sometimes, but nothing moved on us on any face. I was there with Peter, Baldwin and Charlie the dog, hooking up via this site. They wore me out in the NE facing basin over the ridge from Skyline Lk. I should know better that to go out with guys from the Rockies with fat skis, half my age and twice my skills. A great workout in nice deep snow for a change.
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