Before starting down, we donned our snow pants, in prep for our [hopefully] speedy descent. And indeed it was good, with perfect track contours and good snow slipperiness. We sped down 1000+ feet in perhaps 15 to 20 minutes. Ewart was substantially more cautious, mumbling something about inadequate braking and steering, and chose to hoof it down.

After the sliding excitement, the rest was fairly boring. The long, long flat walk back was somewhat boring, even though we made excellent time. Back at the trailhead at 3pm, we discovered Jenn's lost gloves - she'd dropped them at the trailhead in the morning and someone had nicely placed them in the trail register box. Thank you, whoever!

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