We had a restless but warm night in the hut. We got up earlier than usual due to the crowd, ate a quick breakfast, and then returned to the skin track we ascended yesterday afternoon, this time sans Dave. Dave had actually left before us and was booting his way up to the search area to continue looking for his ski. Our plan was to climb up to a beautiful ridge above the hut and then descend into the next valley over. After our run, we hoped to head back to the search area to spend a little more time looking for Dave's ski. We had agreed that he would leave some pink flagging if he had already found it.
We had a fun run down from the ridge. The snow was light and super stable. We had received very little new snow the night before. We got a little cliffed out lower down and wound up skiing some gullies where the snow wasn't quite as optimal, but conditions were good overall.
After skinning back up, I wasn't feeling good. I think I was really tired. While Kevin and Jerry went ski hunting, I hung out in a broad flat area with Will before returning to the hut with Will who also had a bad stomachache at this point! We were falling apart!
Will and I relaxed in the hut and played some Scrabble while Dave (who had not located his ski) took Will's pair out for a spin with Kevin and Jerry who had also recently arrived at the hut. A couple hours later, Dave returned with reports of stellar conditions, so Will and I set out, feeling better after some rest. We wound up skinning back up to the ridge in hopes of watching the sunset, but instead got caught in a minor blizzard that rolled in suddenly. In spite of the tricky descent, it was still nice to get out.
All is well back at the hut. Surprisingly, we are the only party here even though it is Friday night. It's really nice to have this place to ourselves. We have the fire going, a disco ball spinning to classical music, and the boys are playing Farkle. No complaints.... Off to bed soon!
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