Phantom 2 16

As mentioned earlier picking a way up the snowbank was the toughest part of the trip. There is a lot of snow up there. The Alpental tribal elders were in the process of sending their Mujahadin local bomb makers 186 up the chairs when I arrived and they started shelling the slopes about 7:20 or so. By this time I had made it past the two waterfall cruxes with only a couple tree assists. There was a day old trail that I followed, when I agreed with it, but skinning was pretty easy. A few new inches on crust with an unconsolidated foot or so below that. At around 5k or so there were 4 or 5 inchs new. I only had eyes for the phantom today so I have no info about the summit or couloirs on the back. The sun came out and I skied down. Although it wasn't the powder skiing we have had lately I had a blast feeling comfortable on a big open slope like this for the first time in a while. By the time I got near the waterfall section the fog was thick and visibilty dropped to nil. I saw 3 skiers heading up but it took a while to located them just by their sounds. With the bad vis I pretty much had to ski the waterfall by muscle memory. It is decidedly less technical this year choked with so much snow.