Quick report

Castle Pass / Andesite Peak

Mike BartholowCentral Sierra Nevada
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Quick report

excellent tour out to Castle Pass and a couple laps off Andesite Peak quite windy out in the world with east winds blowing banners off of Castle Peak and Andesite lots of snow for transport could have made for complex snowpack weirdness up higher, but the winds were so high that they weren’t depositing snow in leeward aspects could maybe see some wind loading and cornice formation on unusual aspects in this area but I’m dubious no formal tests performed no signs or symptoms of instability at this lower elevation the skiing is fantastic