March 5, 2011

Beautiful day for skiing or climbing.  We just got back from a short ski trip up the little dipper trail.  The chinook line is right at the Lineham trailhead right now.  That means Crandell was sitting at about -9, the townsite at -11, and the little dipper trail at about +2.   The tracks are in pretty good shape there.  A group of 6 or so was on the trail ahead of us.

Lots and lots of new light snow.

The main lake is also frozen over, so if people are interested in getting into Crypt, it is possible.  The avalanche danger would be atrocious in the humungous terrain traps you need to cross.