I went back to the Sunrise Bowl area for some more backcountry, looking to see if there was any dry snow left in the north-facing bowls. After a week of dry, warm weather, the pow was all gone, replaced by consolidated snow and crust.

Here I’m looking at Sunrise Bowl (Donner Ridge) from the top of Hawk’s Peak. The area Nancy and I skied last week is in the left center of the photo.

I traversed west from Hawk’s Peak and then south to the top of Donner Ridge. The snow in Sunrise Bowl was variable at best, so I skinned back up Hawk’s Peak and got some nice corn snow on its southern aspect.

Here I’m on top of Donner Ridge looking west toward Castle Peak and the Frog Lake Cliffs.