Surprise and Glacier Lakes, Surprise Lake Snowshoe — Friday, Feb. 9, 2007

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

Started on trail sat morning, Mission: overnighter with intentions of skiing some crazy lines into glacier lake or Surprise lake. We opted for snow cave sleeping quarters above Glacier Lake and by the time we were settled in and full it was dark. We awoke sunday morning and hiked above Glacier lake up Thunder Mountain to ski a chute into the drainage area we received about 4"" of new snow overnight and it was warming up fast not the best conditions but we made do, skied a fun line headed back to camp and headed out. The trail was in good shape and easy to follow due to lack of new snow, except for the recent warming had made the creek crossings that had bridges a little narrower. Over night in the winter wilderness is always a blast especially when you return to a heater.