Dan and I climbed the North Gully on McClellan Butte on a fine spring day. The snow was soft (movie!) and almost continuous all the way up to the summit rocks, which we simul-climbed (one nut and a couple slings for pro, with a piton protecting the downclimb on the way back out).

On the short rock step to the ridge

Dan skied down in fine style (movie!), avoiding the one hole in the snow with a small stream running through it.

Dan entering the couloir


Dan spraying corn at his photographer

We turned left at the bottom of the gully for some reason and ended up bushwhacking through a clearcut back to a logging road and the trail. It was no fun for Dan, with his skis strapped to his pack. A good day in the subalpine nonetheless.