Waiting for Friends (and snow)
Location: Star Peak east side -Star Creek Drainage - and Buena Vista Valley Snowpack: Thin with lots of exposed sagebrush, not particularly deep, but drifted and consolidated. Patches of skiable snow exist above 7,500 ft., and (as is typical of Nevada) the snowpack is very supportable despite exposed brush. More fun than you'd expect looking from a distance! Weather: Blizzarding hard with heavy winds higher up on the mountain, though the frozen baselayer seemed to have soften