A foot of fresh snow and very cold temperatures made for a great weekend of skiing! We skied Heavenly and the surrounding stashes on Saturday and did the Carson Pass to Kirkwood traverse on Sunday (previously had done it in the spring time, now the hope was to get nice cold powder). Sadly the wind had scoured most of the terrain, so the ski quality wasn't as amazing as hoped, until the final bowl into Emigrant Lake (which was pure bliss of perfect powder!)

This traverse is a great day and the weather and views are fantastic! Tour stats here and here.

	Typical lake views at Heavenly	Unbelievably cold for Tahoe. 8:24am, 88/89 junction on the way to Carson Pass	Round Top as seen from Carson Pass. We went up to the notch to the right of the main summit.

	Big and fun group today!	Melissa with Round Top in the distance, the first goal for today	James and SK

		I stripped down to a t-shirt while sweating but that didn't last long :)

			Nice snow at Carson pass

	Lake Tahoe as seen from Round Top shoulder	Some people wanted to skin up the hardest possible way :)	What a beautiful day for a ski tour!

		The bowl we skied is in the background	Our tracks

	Crazy wind effect

		Nice powder in the bowl down to Emigrant Lake	Final short drop to Kirkwood backside