Spotted the momma Moose and her two babes at the base of Tom's. They had absolutely demolished the skinner from the creek crossing in Mill D North all the way to Tom's. Beautiful animals. She didn't seem too stressed about me but I was a good 100 feet away from them.

Great skiing on shaded north aspects. Travel/skiing was generally between 8200 and 9300 feet. Solar aspects were indeed crusty. West, in particular, was pretty nasty. North aspect where I skied was outrageously filled in (skinning amongst the treetops) and was surfy and fun. Setting the skinner was hard work with a slightly inverted top 12 inches. No instabilities observed but I was on slopes less than 30 the whole day. Good to get some Vitamin D before the next storm!