Note: Updated to include a frigid March day in Lone Tree Gulch.
Guarded by its twin vertical summits, the west bowl of Souvenir has been an obsession this season. With a foot of fresh and a break between storm systems, we set out last Saturday from Gold Mint to check it out. Rounding the corner of the valley, the Mint peaks came into view:
At the corner, we left the Mint Valley and skinned into the hanging valley below Souvenir. Thanks to Josh for the artwork. Meow meow!
Photo: Josh Gray
The valley floor is filled by mounded moraines from a glacier long gone, while the walls are carved by that same glacier.
