Great write-up, Splatcher. Stand by for the photos. I spent yesterday evening culling, cropping and tweaking them to leave something under 200 left. Tonight I'll name and number them, do a batch shrink operation then upload to flickr.

This year gave easily the best conditions of the five so far, even with the usual gale over Sticks Pass and on the descent to Stanah. I was surprised how dry the ground was compared to previous (unfrozen) years. There was no excess water flow down any path that I recall. I expect that changed from Sunday onwards though. We were very lucky.