Days Fork

After work I headed for BCC. I parked in the Spruces campground parking and was the only car in the lot. Wow, what a difference a few days can make. There has really been a warming trend. Where you couldn't see the creek last Friday you could not only see the creek but the ponds around Jordan Pines were all visible. I started hiking with my shell on because it was raining/snowing lightly. I didn't wear gloves or a hat. I hiked up the Days Fork trail. I got almost to the ridge that drops into LCC. The snow was pretty wet and as I got near my turnaround point it started to crust. Near my turn around point I saw some of the biggest pinwheel sluffing I had ever seen. One was a hard snowball the size of a Mini Cooper (not quite but close). It had run about 100 feet or so. I wondered how my Megawatts would deal with the crusty snow conditions. It is because of variable conditions like this that I bought them. I was able to ski and turn with much more confidence than the last time I skied in crusty conditions. I actually got some fun turns in. There were a bunch of nice ski shots deep into the drainage. I will probably do more skiing there next season. The ski out went pretty fast with the exception of a short stretch where I had to take off my skis and hike to get up the trail. The rest was all down hill. I passed a hiker (no skis or snow shoes,just boots) on the way out.