Still want to do the big gully on Feather. Just wasn't going to happen this time around. Conditions were terrible. Warm and soft. Jim and I stuck around for a couple of days before post holing back down to Honeymoon Lake.
NICE VIEW BUT OMINOUS SIGN - STORM BOUND SAWTOOTH RANGE
JIM NUPP IN STORM MODE HEADED UP TO HONEYMOON LAKE
AFTERNOON CLEARING AT UPPER PINE LAKE
JIM AT CAMPSITE ON HONEYMOON LAKE
JIM PACKING FOR THE GRUNT UP TO ROYCE LAKES
NOT QUITE COLD ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST CLEAR START TO THE DAY
THE GOAL - THE 'CO CO LA' PASS TO ROYCE LAKES
JIM NUPP PRAYING THE SNOW STAYS HARD ENOUGH TO AVOID AN EPIC DAY
SO FAR SO GOOD ... BUT WAY TOO WARM FOR DISTANCE YET TO GO
BRIEF CLEARING BEFORE THE NEXT PULSE ARRIVES
DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP, THIS WINDOW WON'T LAST
A WALL OF CLOUDS AND WARM AIR MOVING ENVELOPING FEATHER PEAK
OUT OF TIME AND PATIENCE, SUNRISE AT 'CO CO LA PASS'
MID MORNING VIEW TOWARD PINE CREEK PASS FROM HONEYMOON LAKE REGION
JIM WALKING ON WATER
A SUNNY INTERVAL NEAR UPPER PINE LAKE
WHAT STORM ... LOOKING BACK UP AT THE 'CO CO LA'
IT'S BACK ... AN HOUR LATER THE WEATHER HAS DONE A 180