North face of Tenderfoot
Looking south to Tri
Wet crust at 2,500’
Looking north to Butch
Cornice at 2,900’ looking up
Observation: Summit
Location: Tenderfoot
Started at the pull-out at 3:00 PM. 55°
and balmy. Access is still great – about 50 feet from the highways. Consistently wet spring snow on entire slope – no accumulation from Fridav’s storm noted. At 1,700′ noted a little crust about 1″ down. Skin track started getting a little snotty
around 2,400′ – it’s skeat season! Probed 270cm depth at 2,900. Some big but old cornices noted around that elevation. A little bit of wet sluffing and rollerballs. Overcast by 5:00 PM. Back at the highway
by 6:15 PM, 48°.