Skied the SE slopes this morning then hiked the south ridge back up and skied the east slopes. SE slopes were great! Snow started a little ways off the summit and went down continuously a little over 1,000 feet to the highest lake. Hiked back up the south ridge, which is completely dry and then skied the east slopes. I climbed Kelso's ridge the 15th and it was pretty much dry except for a couple sections with snow. It was nice to have my ice axe but never took out my crampons. On the 16th a couple of guys skied lost rat couloir (I climbed and skied dead dog but there is a more recent report up). I was thinking about skiing lost rat but as I neared the ridge it was obvious the line wasn't continuous and had lots of debris and a runnel in the middle. From the Mt. Edwards ridge I was able to see a clean line down the SE slopes.
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