So kirkwood had a bit ore than other folks, but they were still suffering. I got cliffed out in places I otherwise knew, and Eagle Bowl was very bare with grass everywhere still, it looked like early december.

Anyway, I made the best of it :)

the wall, not looking good, can't even traverse

eagle bowl looks way too green...

did I mention way too much vegetation that didn't belong?

doh, cliffed out

crap, cliffed out again

seriously, how do I get down?

I then went to the back side to check out the snow at the boundary there and go all the way to Emigrant Lake:

the wave, still bare

thanks to the tow rope, it wasn't too hard to get to the boundary

'access today', yeah!

no good way down

but I was able to find another way. view from the bottom of the lake

in the end I got to the bottom of chair 3 and hiked back up from there.

first time I got down that ridge and mostly made it back

the snow on that side was just wind blown and crusty

Day 2: back from more.

Hi Jim!

bottom of sunrise wasn't pretty...

and before we knew it, time to go home. Go Jim!