Stayed 5/22 at Dry Lake and made my way very late up the North Face the next morning around 9am. Fortunately the snow was very firm and I managed to hike in either snow or firm rock all the way up, intersecting some sort of trail at one point. No crampons or ice axe required although I did have it with me. Made it up around 1:20pm. Glissaded down the chute next to the North Face around 2:30pm and was down to around 9700′ by 2:45pm where the snow burned out. The soft snow later in the day made it very easy to control your speed on the way down but I’m also experienced. Seems like a great place to practice heading up the main chute in Whitney. Made it back to camp around 410pm.
I ran into some skiers who were on their way up as I was on my way down. I took some pictures of them and one of them took a video of me (named Leaa). If you read this please reach out so we can exchange pictures/video!
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