Lake Blanche tour

I had read a recent blog post from a backcountry skier that I follow. He ski toured into Lake Blanche because he wanted a nice low angle hike that didn't expose them to an avalanche territory. That all sounded great so when I have some time after watching my daughter run a 5k I headed to Big Cottonwood canyon. We had our first real warming trend the few days before so the snow was leaving fast. The trail head is at pretty low elevation. There were a couple of spots with no snow on the trail. When I got in to the lake it started to snow. I headed out on very wet, impossible to ski on snow. I only descended a bit before it turned from snow to rain. I got rained on all the way out. I ended up taking my skis off and hiking. I need to do this as a summer hike. Great scenery.