Saddlebag Lake, July 14, 2015

Since the skiing was so good at Saddlebag Lake on July 11th, a return trip was in order.

Spence on the Saddlebag Lake boat taxi:

Many tadpoles in one of the many ponds on the approach:

A panorama on the approach:

Saddlebag Lake and Greenstone Lake are on the far left. Mt. Conness and Conness Glacier can be seen to the left of North Peak.

Stev heading up the ridge toward North Peak:

Stev boulder hopping on the approach:

Stev traversing before the downclimb:

Stev on the downclimb:

Looking down Kook Chute:

Stev skiing upper Kook Chute:

Spence skiing upper Kook Chute:

Spence heads through the choke midway down Kook Chute:

Spence continues down Kook Chute:

Stev skiing lower Kook Chute:

Video from the day:

After skiing Kook Chute we checked out some of the “bonus” chutes on the ridge on the way back.

Spence skiing one of the “bonus” chutes:

Stev skiing one of the “bonus” chutes:

Stev approaches another “bonus” chute:

Spence bootpacks up another “bonus” chute:

Spence skiing another “bonus” chute:

Spence on the hike out with North Peak in the background:

A panorama on the hike out:

Some of the “bonus” chutes can be seen on the ridge. Lower Kook Chute can be seen below North Peak.

Stev on the hike back:

Spence pointing to clouds billowing to our east:

They didn’t make an appearance around the Saddlebag Lake area.

Looking across Saddlebag Lake:

Signs at the boat dock in the foreground. Mt. Dana in the background.