-- Tom's Trip Reports --: Sundance #2 060615

Buddies Phil and Bob met Cheryl and Tom and the CMC parking lot at 7:30, and at the west Rock Cut parking lot by 10:00. The snow cover still reached to the parking lot, but now you can see the fence and there are sun cups and bare spots. Bob, Cheryl, and Tom skinned from the car, and Phil hiked to the usual start of the slope.Sundance Mountain still had sufficient coverage, so we crossed the drainage and climbed almost to the top of the same point as last week. The snow was a little dirtier, a little wetter, and a little grabbier, but still a pretty good ski down to the grassy Rock Island that we usually stop at. While we attached the skins to the skis we heard several rounds of thunder, which prompted was worrying. Skies were dark, and we were pelted with several rounds of graupel and five minutes of rain (ugh!). At the top of the slope skies were still dark, so we decided to head back to the car for safety sake. At the car we started getting rained on, and as we sat in the car eating lunch, it really came pouring down.