Ok, maybe not a true Ice Queen but still not much fun what ever you call her. Extremely high winds on the summit confirmed why we had first tracks up at 1:00 in the afternoon.
The summit was scoured and the snow on the way down was variable at best. The skiing was not true survival skiing as there were nice patches, these were generally in the tress out of the wind but over all,... the walk up was more enjoyable than the ski down.
Hopefully the winds die down so some of this new snow will stick. You've been warned.
