In the afternoon we made our way up to High point under blue bird skies and I, of course, ran out of batteries in the camera. It was the first time out in a long while, but a perfect way to do it - good company and weather and a nice chill 1600 elevation gain/decent. Snow was variably not good, and the pitch pretty minimal so the skiing wasn't great. Headed back to the heated cabin for some wood fired hot tub and sauna time, wine, appetizers, and good food!
Sat we labored in getting out of the comforts of the cabin, but made it off to Lake Julian, Loch Eileen, and then Lucas and I headed up to the peak that the locals call Baldy and another high point in the upper basin. Here, we finally found some decent pitches with good snow intermixed in the hard crust and got some turns in. A good day of 3300 feet total or so. We schemed where we would go in the future farther into the basin. So much terrain to cover! Back well before sundown, we enjoyed a potluck with the other cabin dwellers in the area.
Sunday marked a short day around camp with several very short laps around the cabin before the ski down to the car, which was some of the best corn of the weekend. Awesome weekend... b/c skiing in style.
Home sweet home for the weekend
Lake Julian with Lucas and Eileen heading across
Lucas and Eileen with the "mountain dogs" at lunch
Baldy from just above Loch Eileen
Heading up to Baldy ... clouds rolling in taking out the bluebird skies of the previous two days.
Lucas on top of Baldy - glacier peak (and others) in the background
More terrain in the upper basin! Mt Stuart in the distance.
Lake Julian from our second high point... our decent route.
Our future playground... earlier start needed.
Transportation down from the high camp. Lucas with Smudge, the mountain dog.
