The season for the bowl is rapidly drawing to a close, so with that in mind and a nice little break from the other crazy fun that Sam and I have been having we decided to do a quick run up the bowl.
Tracie the super nice Sierra Ski Hut host had the hut open Sunday morning, she had at least 12 people inside and there was 4 or five others about 100 yards up the ridge from the hut as well. Thanks Tracie for always presenting the open house atmosphere as it should be, you are a great host and fun to chat with. And another thank you for the pancakes on the way down, there's nothing like a little pick-me-up after climbing the mountain
Augie, it was very nice to finally meet you, do a climb with you and was great talking to you about all the subjects we covered on the hike back to the cars - look forward to an update on that book, keep me posted. Always like your Trip Reports on the canyoneering you do
Ty, you keep gaining more skill and you always have a smile on your face, thanks for coming along and making things fun all the time.
Sam, nice write up, sorry about having the "super charger" going, I think it's the caffine
and thanks again for always organizing fun outings.
I was pleasantly surprised that the snow on the face of the bowl was firm enough to make it a great outing to end the season of the bowl in style.
It still amazes me that with the melting snow later in the day (and anytime for experienced climbers) that people are still going up the face of the bowl without helmets, I guess "russian roulette" has not gone out of style these days
Maybe some of these folks like having that National Hockey League look
The wind was strong above the bowl ridge but the weather was perfect for climbing - I had another great day in our local mountains and feel very blessed to be living so close to these beautiful places and to have such good, fun friends - thanks again everyone.
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