Backcountry skiing (Mantra) 3:30:00 [2] 13.0 km (16:09 / km) +1275m 10:50 / km
Icefall to Rostrum. The conditions were supposed to be cloudy but the morning ended up surprisingly nice. We spent some time watching Mukunda and Julian session a jump over an ice cave then climbed up towards Kemmel. We didn't set out with a plan of reaching the summit but somehow Steve convinced us to keep going. The clouds built as we climbed so limited views other than Icefall Peak poking through once in a while. The additional time spent summitting meant that we lost our weather window to have good visibility on the descent and our guide had to do some whiteout navigation. The clouds created a greenhouse effect and the snow was rather moist.
