We found the snow in good condition though a little soft mid-bowl. Just before topping out on Zen, clouds came in and we found ourselves in a white-out. The walk to the summit was in the clouds, but during the last 50 feet the clouds blew away. Summit was 20-30 mph winds.
Had a great glissade back down the east bowl all the way to the creek before the ski hut. somewhere along the way my blue goggles with yellow lenses fell off my pack. If anyone sees them, send me a pm. thanx.
Of note... walking down the ski hut trail, Jim saw something red. i took a photo of it and upon zooming in we saw it was a pair of red plastic MSR Denali snowshoes, like the ones i have. anyone loose a pair this season? we did not take them since we didn't want to down climb the 50+ft of loose slope.
We were fortunate that the clouds hovered and the temps chilled so the trail back down was soft but not the slush-fest we were expecting. a great day on the mountain!
L.A. never saw Baldy today
Jim getting Zen
checking out the Falls Road Glacier
rest of the pix are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.norma81/ZenChute3210#
