We skied up the Lilly glacier and gained the Dome glacier on the North side of the Dome.

The usual trash & bash goes up past the base of the Elephant's Trunk. We managed to climb with skins, and no crampons, but this section is well packed & polished. Some parties are starting to boot pack through here. The Lilly moraines have mainly 10-20cm of new soft snow, with little wind effect noted at tree line. Further into the alpine, especially where gaining the glacier, wind press & windslab (very firm) was observed, with varying amounts of new snow on top. No snow depth observations on the headwall, but above, over 300cm of hard snow was observed on the glacier.

Descending the Dome by the main headwall, we observed a consistent 20cm of new snow over a firm surface, and many tracks side to side on the convex roll. The moraines were creamy dreamy, with many options to find untracked sections. We did not observe any significant wind effect, nor noted any snowpack reaction to our skiing, on either the headwall, or the moraines. MIN reports from today tell a different story just East on Glacier crest, the other side of the valley.

The Mushroom People exit is rounding nicely into a mogul run. Wayne Wong will be proud.

We elected to travel up hill on the Lilly glacier using a rope due to poor visibility, and the presence of the rather prominent blue ridge on the Lilly headwall. This clear sign of ice, and associated crevasses (skier's left), is not so visible on the descent. There were also signs of crevasses on skier's far left, just above the convex entrance to the headwall. The boot pack up to the Dome was a touch sporty, with varying support from the windslab, and roller bearing facets underneath. Good fun!

Sorry, no pics. White on white vis with snow flurries throughout the day.