Trip Stats
Trip Report
We followed an existing skin track up Sessel and watched as the clouds and fog tried to make way for the sun. Sessel was completely tracked out, as a volunteer ski patrol clinic was held at Alpental over the weekend. We also noticed quite a few tracks coming down Lower International once we were above Sessel.
We made our way up towards Armstrong Express and then up to Edelweiss bowl. By the time we began ascending Edelweiss Bowl, we were above the fog. I could not help but notice how much more snow Alpental needs to open….
Once at the top, we took a look down Upper International and saw that it was rife with tracks and the fog was still thick. We decided to take a run down Edelweiss, with hopes that the fog would lift by the time we came back up. The run down Edelweiss was nice, although we did hit some rocks. Back at the top, we figured the fog wasn’t going to lift anytime soon, so we made our descent of Upper International and were able to find some untracked snow.
After grabbing a bite to eat at the bottom of Upper Nash, we re-skinned and headed out towards the Great Scott Traverse. Negotiating our way through the fog proved interesting although without incident. Once at Piss Pass, we made a quick ski of Stokes Bowl and then put our skins back on and headed up towards Great Scott Bowl. The visibility was still poor and we decided to ski down instead of going up Great Scott Bowl. The drainage off of Great Scott Bowl was treacherous and barely skiable, so we headed over to No Fog and while there was some fog, it was the best visibility we had experienced since coming down Upper International. The snow was nice and deep and good turns were had.
