We headed out to St. Mary's Glacier/James Peak Wilderness Area in an attempt to ski James. However after an 1 1/2 hours of sand/snow blasting from sustained high winds in our faces, pegging our fun meters to zero, we decided to call it a day and revisit James in the spring.
Skiing to the base of the glacier sucked at best, the wind scour was horrible, and the wind really loaded up the base of the glacier raising the potential for avalanche in the steeper areas toward the bottom. We tiptoed our way out and made it home by 11am. That's just the way it goes some days, so see ya in April James!
