The temperature when we all arrived at Hendrix was -20, over 10 colder than our meeting place in 100 Mile, however the recent trend towards inversions held and it got considerably warmer the higher we got.
We had a beautiful sunny day, and the snow is building up nicely. We were able to make our way into the lower meadows, the final trail proved quite difficult but Marcel was able to lead the way, and we were able to do a bit of work to improve the trail.
The snow was really nice, and there had been little to no traffic, it didn't take long to carve the meadows up.
We made our way up to the hill overlooking the bowl, but there was considerable mist blowing through causing poor visibility, so we chose to play on the hillsides in the surrounding area, which for the most part was undisturbed. It was a lot of fun and the views were spectacular.
There are still some rocks showing in this area especially where the snow is windblown so some care has to be taken.
There appeared to be active logging up past the turnoff for Spanish and part way to Hendrix. The turnoff to Spanish was plowed and seems there is logging going on there as well.
I hope everyone is doing the snow dance, there is a good base in Hendrix and if we can have a couple of feet of powder, it could be pretty awesome.
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