The weather held all the way to the parking lot but once I started gaining altitude, the clouds opened up on me. About at the point when you first look up at Cleos, the wallowing began. Knee to nipple deep snow all the way up to Cleos and all the way over to Twin. The base of Twin Right must have had 8' of powder! Not only was there new precip falling, but the wind started spindrifting the snow making it seem like a white out blizzard! I couldnt look up at the climbs let alone think about soloing them. So I took an adventurous route out back to the trail and found some ice that is not in the 12+ year old guide book. Hmm (no photos).
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| The East Fork has some sky showing. The Main Fork to the right looks more ominous. |
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| Maybe 2 hours after the last photo. |
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| One of those is the Matriarch. |
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| A sourpuss selfie; note the horizontal snow |
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| Twin Right |
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| Twin Center and Twin Left |
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