Southern Snowfields

A very fun and unique line that can be a great run on its own. It’s also a great way to access to bottom of Franklin Cirque, allowing you to ski in, rather than hike over on the ridge. This allows you to assess conditions on Bifocal and others from bottom up, rather than dropping in blind. Hike up to Lake of The Clouds and traverse beneath the summit of Mount Monroe, come around the corner and drop into the Southern Snowfields. Open turns up high blend into a series of tree covered benches. Weaving around these benches is a lot of fun, and has a mellow vibe compared to the steep gully skiing in most of the range. Ski down, generally trending to the right, to the floor of the cirque. You’ll finish roughly beneath Franklin Headwall and Bifocal Gully.