Wasootch Ridge (2330m) - Winter

March 9, 2024

Today was my snowy return to the mountains after dislocating (and reinjuring) my shoulder over a month ago. Wasootch Ridge was the perfect place to get back at it, with lots of nearby recent summits! It snowed all day. When I occasionally spied nearby peaks, their great faces and ridges would appear in vanishing glimpses like ghosts in the clouds. For most of the day the visible landscape only contained the ridge around me and the creek to the Southwest below, with closer creek views during the flat return along it. I felt pleased with my comeback summit; 14.5km and 950m gain.

Regaining ridgecrest after detouring below a gnarly section of the ridge.

Back down safe. The descent was gravelly, slippery, and a little steep.