We started skinning from the Heather Meadows parking lot at around 9 am on Saturday. It was clear and windy as we crossed Bagley Lakes, but we were headed up Mt. Herman so we knew we would be in the sun soon. The NWAC forecast had warned against being on sunny slopes too late in the day, so T, M and I had decided to skin up the sunny side of Herman and ski a lap before it got too warm. Wind slabs were also mentioned in the NWAC forecast, but I had grown accustomed to seeing that and was more focused on the threat of sun, as I hadn't been out on such a warm day this season.
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We started skinning from the Heather Meadows parking lot at around 9 am on Saturday. It was clear and windy as we crossed Bagley Lakes, but we were headed up Mt. Herman so we knew we would be in the sun soon. The NWAC forecast had warned against being on sunny slopes too late in the day, so T, M and I had decided to skin up the sunny side of Herman and ski a lap before it got too warm. Wind slabs were also mentioned in the NWAC forecast, but I had grown accustomed to seeing that and was more focused on the threat of sun, as I hadn't been out on such a warm day this season.