Showing posts with label backcountry skiing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label backcountry skiing. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Bear Trap 12-27

I finally made to the back country. The avalanche danger has been high for last 2 weeks. The rain crust from Thanksgiving is really making a mess of the snow pack. Bear Trap canyon on the north side of Big Cottonwood is my safe bet when the snow pack is sketchy. I climbed the south facing slope up to the ridge line. Desolation lake is just off the ridge. You can see the "spine" of the Wasatch Crest trail in the background.