Kruser, mw, and yours truly toured to Pastoral in boot-top fresh snow. The glacier skied well, but we scraped through to rocks or tundra on many turns on the return from Taylor Creek Pass.
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| An early start |
After starting up in the dark, the warm sunshine was a godsend. We had a thin snowpack, but good ski up to the pass. The uptrack to Taylor Creek Pass was great - return was rocky. Beyond the pass, mounting the glacier was tricky and rocky.
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| mw at Taylor Creek Pass back lit by the rising sun and Pastoral |
The concentration of crevasses was worrisome, but not too surprising given the low snowpack of last winter.
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| mw on the Return Leg at the Glacier Mount |
Finding the right place to mount the glacier was tricky, but worth the effort. On the outbound leg, we descended mw's uptrack with skins on - it was rocky.
