Cutthroats & Couloirs - powder edition

C & C is often done with corn snow or summer snow. But sometimes you get lucky and do it in powder, as fellow IOF'er Chris R. and I did today.

Unseasonably cool weather brought snow down low:


We weren't the only ones out sliding around. I was feeling slightly foolish ski touring with a fishing pole when the lakes were still covered in ice, but this beaver must have felt more so looking for open water at 8000':


We skied boot top powder that stayed dry until the early afternoon:







When it started to get gloppy, we broke out the rods:



Caught just one little brookie that we returned:


Still great skiing even after getting gloppy:




A repeat this coming weekend?

Jim