Friends and I skied the north side of Mt. Baldy east of Prince George yesterday.

We accessed it from the north side via the Lower Torpy FSR KM 15. From here, we skied up the cutblock road to the corner where we dipped down into the creek. Skiing up the creek was arduous, lengthy and slow-going. Once at the headwall below the mountain, we gained the bowl from the looker's left side and traversed up towards the nunatak, bypassing the steepest parts of the headwall.

Travel up the creek was fast on a refrozen surface. By the time we arrived at the head of the creek things were feeling quite warm with the cloud-cover creating a significant greenhouse effect. On the ascent, 5-20cm of moist snow was covering a supportive crust necessitating ski crampons and a short boot pack through the steepest section. The snow was still a little moist up to our high-point of 1900m. Overall the skiing was decent down to 1200m where it got grabby. The exit out the creek took almost as long as the approach in the morning.

Avalanche activity was limited to loose wet size 1 on all aspects up to ridgetop.

All in all this was a satisfying tour but it's quite a bear. If there was any significant trail-breaking to do this would not be a realistic day tour. Of note was how complex the terrain is here - definitely the most complex I can think of around PG. There are no options to avoid overhead hazard on the ascent up the NE bowl.