Total Vert: 600m
There was a brief and intense storm on Friday and Saturday so we decided to jump straight on it and head out to Brandywine on Sunday, which was looking nice and sunny.
We only managed to drive about halfway to the cabin even with 4wd and chains, but it still beats the hell out of walking all the way from the bottom.
When we parked the car we were pretty excited as the snow quality was excellent on the side of the road, but it must have been extremely windy during the storm as the snow in and around the meadows was horribly wind affected and had a breakable crust that made it extremely difficult to ski. There wasn't really enough coverage on anything other than slopes with nothing but grass or heather on either.
There were about 20 people up there in 5 or 6 groups. One group of 6 were going for the summit. We turned around about half way up the headwall because the snow was so bad. There were also snow shoers and even a group who had boot packed up the summer trail to the meadows with their skis (with alpine bindings) strapped to their packs!
All in all this was actually a pretty disappointing trip as we didn't really get in any half decent turns.... Not really any turns of any quality really.... But it is only Nov 4th, and it was nice to get out there and see things shaping up for the new season.
Nice shot of Wedge from near the cabin
Just some of the 20 or so people who were heading up Brandywine on this day.
