Superior South Face 4/25

I had not been up to the summit of superior at all this year, so when my friend Brett asked if I wanted to get up there and ski the south face this week I was excited. We left the valley at 5:30 and were heading up to Cardiff Fork by 6:15. Its always great seeing the sunrise on the Wasatch peaks.The day turned out really well and everything went smoothly  We made it to the summit in about 2 and a half hours thanks to a solid booter going up the east ridge. It was still pretty early so we waited about a half hour on the summit for the snow to soften. From the summit we watched a few others head over to the headwall of Monte Cristo to ski the directissimo line, another descent I've been really wanting to do. After traversing South for about 150 feet, we found our line of choice: a series of gullies that leads into a tighter rock band, back into the open face, through another rock band, and out the apron. We laid down the first tracks on this top section through soft corn snow that stayed consistent for the entire descent. It was early enough in the warm cycle to not have to deal with very much wet debris. Three thousand feet of great spring skiing later we were dished out at the road and were back at our car at 10. Overall a great morning of skiing.

Sunrise from little superior (the previous mornig)

Brett working his way up the ridge

From the summit of Superior

Looking South

Grabbing some lunch while waiting for the snow to soften

Superior skiing down Superior South Face

Looking back up from the road

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