Hotlum Bolam via Northgate Trailhead

Public submission:

• Skiing was great. Skied from 13,500 feet on Hotlum Headwall at 1PM and cut over back to Hotlum Bolam route at 12,000 feet.
• 13,500-11,000 feet was wind board with some isolated pockets of soft wind drift.
• 11,000-8,000 fooet was fantastic corn; mashed potatoes back to 7,000 feet
• Could skin from and ski back to Northgate trailhead. Got about a mile from the trailhead with truck; one snowdrift that was a bit sketchy to cross so stopped there. Once that melts, could get comfortably less than 1/2 mile away until snow makes it impassable again.

Mid and upper mountain conditions consisted of wind board and isolated pockets of wind drifted snow.  Mid mountain hosted great corn skiing. Lower mountain was soft mashed potatoes.