Skiing the Timpanogos Snowfield

A couple of weeks ago I had a decent ski day under pretty horrendous conditions. I got myself to the Aspen Grove trailhead (for above Sundance and started working my way up with skis and ski boots on my pack (for directions click here). Temperatures were in the low teens when I started walking at 7am and it was snowing a fair amount. The forecast said it would end at about 10 - 11am, so I figured by the time I actually ski I would have a shot at some visibility and views. It is not the first time I do this but probably the gnarliest yet in terms of conditions. The higher I got the, less visibility and by the time I got off the mountain at a little before 4pm, although it had subsided a lot, it was still snowing. The pictures were not too many nor too great but here goes (click to enlarge):

What the load looks like for the first three hours or so.

Nothing like a rock shelter for this mega transition involving first getting
out of the hiking boots, into the ski boots, and only then are we back into
the regular transition effort....

When switching from hiking to skinning, the hiking
boots replace the ski boots on the pack. Here the hiking
boots are strapped into the compression straps.

Up here its winter on Timp and Loki is loving it!

A short break in the snow gave this opportunity for a shot at the cabin.

On the way back down: One the waterfalls...

...and another one just below.

This is a testament to why one should tread on Timpanogos in winter
only with the utmost respect (this is less than 30 min from the trailhead).

These pictures were taken a few years back on a beautiful September day. This was probably my most pleasant outing to Timpanogos of them all.

Booting up...

...skiing down and be lucky enough to stumble into a pro photographer
 on the way up. He took both these shots.