| Observation SubPeak redux today. We went up the south ridge where we found wind crust and sun crust of variable thickness and strength, mostly breakable but sometimes hard enough for us to find it difficult to get an edge in. There were occasional pockets of hard slab that were easily avoided.
The north glacier had good dust on crust skiing. We skied a mellow line so didn't bother to look to see if the surface hoar was there.
We descended the west face of the col between the subpeak and the main peak of Observation. We walked down rocks most of the way until we could gain lower angle slopes. OK skiing through treeline and fast through the trees back to the road. Mark Klassen Mountain Guide
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