Silver in July

Once again, I was coerced into skiing off-season, but this time I actually enjoyed it. Melissa suggested heading to Silver Peak and we were able to drive right up to the snow, had only a short bit of walking with skis before we were able to skin consistently. Heiko & Brandon left a couple hours before us with the goal of skiing down the backside of Silver to Annette Lake.

They chose to skin through the meadow instead of the road and had to do much more ski carrying and bushwhacking.

Winders & I almost to the top

Heiko nearing the ridge

The view of Annette Lake from the summit; 

Heiko & Brandon couldn't find connecting snow so they
stopped here and called it good.

The snow was pretty sun-cupped but it was still nice to be out 

in the sunshine getting exercise and making turns.