After what seemed like a longer than usual wait, we finally got out first face shots of the season. Those two days late last week blanketed the mountains north of Pemby just enough to get the early season fix we needed. I knew just the spot where the north facing walls held the goods. Travel up the valley was a little spoty but skinning all the way was possible. 

There were a few perfectly filled couloirs that had our names on them! Mike dropped into this one like it was January!

Overnight the temps dropped to -14, the skies cleared and the snow lightened up even more for day 2.  

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