Jan 21, 2007, Silver Peak, Snoqualmie

Broke trail through Nordic Pass in 4-6 inches powder over rain crust.  For better or worse someone has marked part of the route with yellow tape.  After topping out Ollalie meadows and stepping around the corner, I picked up a trough left by a large group of snow shoe folks.  Where'd they come from...Lake Annette?  The trough took off shortly up to the NW ridge, presumably to summit, while I continued up the main NW valley to the treed knoll in the upper bowl circa 5000 feet.  The top part had a pronounced, fragile rain crust with variable, windblown snow on top. Down was fun, with predictable boot-top powder in the gentle glades and meadows.