The route:
We decided to ski to Freel in the non-typical way as I thought it would lead to a better overall descent (Trimmer is awesome) and minimize time on non-north facing slopes. It ended up being a long ascent, and very slow going once we got to the end of the hanging valley to the southwest of trimmer peak. The snow was very windswept, and in come cases on west facing aspects, a complete ice sheet. Ski crampons were of great help.
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| Hanging valley on Trimmer, looking towards Desolation Wilderness and Pyramid Peak |
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| Caitlin approaching the summit of Freel Peak |
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| 360 degree view from the summit of Freel |
My initial plan was to ski the bowl on the western side of Freel, but it was very wind affected. Luckily the bowl on the eastern side of the peak was looking awesome.
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| Wind affected bowl on the northwest side of Freel |
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| Skiing well! |
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| Northeast side of Freel was excellent |
It was a bit of a rolling traverse getting back to Trimmer from the base of Freel. We didn't go back through the hanging valley and went to Trimmer summit to drop directly down the north facing slopes.
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| Traversing back from Freel |
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| Tahoe view from Trimmer Peak |
We didn't descend the elevens on the way down Trimmer as we were already pretty exhausted at that point and didn't want to do the additional skin. The skiing down trimmer was surprisingly great most of the way down. Snow was light and still pretty deep in the trees. It was quite sticky towards the bottom, but that's to be expected in 10C weather.
alistair
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