pilot4life

The conditions were fabulous this morning. The temps were below 20degF on the hogsback this morning, and nothing was breaking loose in the time we were up there. There is a sweet boot track from the top of the palmer all the way to the summit. Things will start breaking loose as it warms up, but it was no problem today. I doubt avy will be a concern when it warms, but rather more ice fall and post holing from the soft snow off the tracks. We didn't see any evidence of fresh slides.

We are heading up tonight with the goal to summit around 7am. As long as it gets cold enough tonight, and it is plenty cold when we get to the hogsback, I don't expect any troubles. We may turn around too if we don't like what we see with the snowpack. I will try to log our results tomorrow evening.