The objective: First I planned on skiing the north face of Nebo. While driving over the point of the mountain at 7:30 a.m. I saw Nebo was already covered by storm clouds coming in on the southwest flow. Because lower Little Cottonwood doesn't get the southwest flow as much I thought I could climb North Thunder Mountain and ski the Needle before it got too bad . Wish there was snow at the trailhead.
The bottom of Scotties
Little Pine. What an amazing chute- when it's filled in that is...
absolutely nasty snow down low
melting...melting!
lush spring green
sun cups on west aspect
Can't get enough Pfiefferhorn pics- seems like all my TRs have one
The Obelisk: a V0 boulder problem? I imagine standing on top would be tricky :)
There she is: The Hypodermic Needle. Looks even more defined in the spring.
I was hoping the weathermen would be wrong about the forecasted rain and lightning- but no. Better get the freak outta here! Dang, I really really wanted to check the Needle off my list.
It was easy to trigger shallow sluffs on the east face of the Obelisk. Not sure what the temp was up there but the valley reached 78 for a high. Clouds overnight and throughout the day definately helped keep the snow too warm. A.k.a. greenhouse effect
The sluff erased my track in the chute but you can see it left of the debris on the apron
It started raining as soon as I reached the parking lot. Definately wouldn't want to be in a 50 degree chute while its raining. Frustrating that I didn't reach my goal but glad I got out cause I almost decided to waste the day by going to a movie or something.
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