Heading up the Ski Hut trail. It's already only 32deg at the trailhead, and water running down the trail below the hut is frozen into icicles.
A little different view from the Ski Hut today. The snow is only patchy here, but the storm is rolling in, and visibility is getting low.
Up above the bowl now, and it's solid snow at least a foot or two deep.
Approaching the last climb to the top. The wind is starting to pickup and it's getting COLD!
Made it. The wind is howling and it's close to as cold as I've ever been. I only have light layers on, and the Kestrel meter is reading wind gusts of 45-50mph…
West Baldy. Not too much snow left on the exposed summit.
View out towards the ocean.
Heading down now. The one other person that was with me on the summit is heading down as well. And her Husky hiked alongside me for a while.
There's a light snow starting to fall, and the trees are covered in ice.
Down out of the snow, but the low visibility makes the forest a little eery. End to a very cold, but fun day.
The snow starts to get thicker heading across the bowl.