Bighorn's north facing slope was sweet and the rimed trees made for beautiful views. we were hiking in a cloudy mist from 11am on and enjoyed the eerie atmosphere it provided. Timber's south facing slope was firm due to the cold temp yesterday but the snow was a mixture of hard slush and rime ice from the high temps last week. there was still soft stuff in areas that don't have too much exposure to sun. did some glissading on Timber's rime iced slope back to the drainage. kinda like butt screeing on prefectly good pants!
..or what were once good pants! we also worked a little on teaching Tracie self-arrest, but she couldn't help but look like a girl! there's still hope for her, yet! 
we all agreed it was a very fun day on the mountain!
Trying to see the Randonee Race on Baldy through a break in the clouds
Tracie framed in rime on Bighorn
From Timber looking at our boot track up Bighorn. It looks steeper than it felt.
rest of the pix are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.norma8 ... imber22110#
