Gold Lake and Lake Lillian

Feb 18, 2008
skinning upalong rocky run ridgeup the y chuteskiing downdown to gold lakelooking up towards rampart ridgeskiing down to lillianabove lake lilliannorth shot into lake lilliannice pow
Finally had some sun and the avalanche conditions were relatively stable. Trevor and I decided to go exploring around Lake Lillian, not expecting good ski conditions. We basically did a reverse loop of when I went to Lillian last year, and found some surprisingly good conditions. The ski down to Gold Lake was nice, although we could have taken a sportier route in hindsight. Above Lake Lillian, we climbed 700 feet on a north facing slope and found a stash of light and consistent powder. The slog out was long, but we hooked up with a logging road and we were so tired by the time we were skiing out, that we didn’t even enjoy the soft corn snow turns back to the car.