A pleasant start after a few hours on skins.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/1.jpg)
A faraway mountain
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/2.jpg)
E_$ skis toward Thunder Lake.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/3.jpg)
Not nearly early enough the next morning, glad we didn't take that drainage.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/4.jpg)
My working hypothesis, once again verified. We cross the border swath into the USA and life begins to suck.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/5.jpg)
Bailing, tucking tail, discretion is the better part of valor: too bad we didn't have any discretion during the two preceding days.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/6.jpg)
"The 5.10 move"
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/7.jpg)
Peace
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/8.jpg)
A zone to inspire future failure?
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/9.jpg)
This one demands another look, too.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/10.jpg)
We bailed. We did not climb anything. Here, E_$ enjoys powder before we make circles in the flat valley for an hour, contemplate my compass and which arrow goes with north, and finally reach the car well after midnight.
![Image](http://skisickness.com/2010/02/28/11.jpg)
Yup, one to grow on.