December 17, 2005, Three Way Basin

I headed out with a large group of mountaineers today for the basic manuevers field trip that was part of the ski/snowboard mountaineering class that I began last year.  The day was sunny, gusty and oh so very cold.  The basin being protected from the sun contained mostly wind packed snow!  It was mighty tasty.  ;D  We dug some pits, did some transceiver practive drills, and built some emergency bivies.    The pits revealed a few ice layers, but we didn't get anything to slide.  The snowpack was pretty solid.  A fine day out.    My only complaint might be is that we could have had a few more turns that and frozen courderoy is very bumpy!  *bounce*