Circlet Lake to the Mt. Frink – Mt.
George V col. 9am start, 6pm finish.
It took me 3 hours from wake up to
departure. Bluebird to start but then it got socked in. This was
fine at first because I was still in the trees. I had a couple of
steep slopes to negotiate to get up on the ridge and my new ski
crampons worked well. I waited where the trees stopped to see if it
would clear out. 2 hours of patience rewarded me. Low clouds kept
obscuring the top of Mt. Frink however, but it was nice enough to
make an attempt. I got to the top just after 3pm and thought I had
it made but it ended up being a less than straight-forward descent.
I had to hike up at one point and switch back to skins at another.
Now it is snowing. Hopefully the forecast holds out and I can keep
going tomorrow.
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