Looks like my fellow hikers from yesterday beat me to writing a report so I just thought I'd add some pictures. I was planning on heading over to N Massive but didn't have the stamina or time for it this time, looks like nobody's been up there recently. Scrambled over the rocky & snowy bits on top of the ridge on the way up, mostly class 2+ with some class 3+ options. I bypassed most of that on the way back going down part of the upper basin on the south side of the ridge and then up and over a small snow crossing back to the first V-notch tower. Got a little disoriented trying to remember where the end of the snowshoe trench was among the slab towers at the base of the ridge but I saw a ptarmigan while I was doing that so it's cool. Really great day out.
That makes 11 winter summits for me for this 21/22 season! Looking forward to scouting out more difficult routes this year after some snow's melted out.
             
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