Bishop Bowl

Skied up on Bishop Bowl today. Yesterday one of the avalanche forecasters and a buddy were up here and had to turnaround near the left knob on the skyline due to deteriorating weather. No deteriorating weather today!

Gratefully used their skin track for a good ways but veered off to the right to ski the big glades.

Basin and Tom

The big valley

I reached the north ridge just shy of 11,700'.  Love the big views of the Piute Crags and Mt Emerson. It was quite brisk here though, with gusty north winds and temps in the low to mid 20s. Didn't linger.

Another big valley shot from the ridge.

The glades skied really well. In fact I found good snow right from the ridge.

 Had to head back up for another! Metronoming it.

 Snow was a little thicker here but still quite good.

The moraine is a bit of a chore to get up. Steep with some firm spots. The usual. The descent of the moraine was better than expected as those slopes really didn't get too warm today.

Splendid day in the mountains!