Corn snow skiing on Stonecrop face.6/3/07

Aron, Nick, Ryan, Dave and I headed up the the Joffre Lakes area again in search of spring skiing. Our original plan was to ski the N.W. Face of Mt. Matier. Unfortunately we couldn't locate the second bridge across the river . It was either washed out or under a bunch of water. We car camped for the night and left for the Joffre Lakes trail in the morning.
It was easy walking due to the hard snow conditions.
Aron and I skied the Stonecrop face and the rest of the guys went over to Tzil. We ran into a couple from Leavenworth who had been up there for a few days.
Great weather and corn snow conditions for the most part. The face is maybe 50 degrees at the top and 45-40 lower down.

After we discovered the bridge was out there was not much else to do except enjoy the downtime.

BackCountryPunk taking a snack break.

View of the Stonecrop face. We skied down the right side.

Joining up with the two yanks.

Starting up past the first rockband.

Middle section of the face.

Up the final section.

From the top. There's a nice steeper section that is a great ride.

Aron making some nice turns lower down.