Went up to the Chair Peak area at the north end of the Alpental Valley this morning. The very warm temps (well, 70s) made for very mushy snow, difficult to skin and ski so we bailed on a planned traverse out to Malekwa Lake and Kaleetan Peak. Basically, the top 4-6 inches of snow pack sheared off at the slightest prompting, making for some interesting slow-motion slides. While this isn't dangerous in the right situation, it's not something you'd want to deal with while traversing above cliffs, which is what we would have had to do.
Instead we noodled around the east aspect of Chair Peak and then down to Snow Lake. Inevitably, the best part was the after-ski parking lot session in Lot 4. Some things never change. Couldn't match up any music just right for this, so we're going Chaplin style. We're off the Interglacier tomorrow, so more to come!
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