Mount Aire via Elbow Fork

Got to go out and bag my first winter peak. Very good, easy, fun first snowshoe of a peak. The avalanche danger wasn't high, and the route is very safe from avalanches, so it was preety mindless by way of winter climbs. Jason has some trouble on the final slopes of the summit coming up from pass. His snowshoes only have a few frontpoint crampons, whereas my snowshoes have crampons everywhere. The snow was extremely sun and wind crusted so the it was tough traveling for him. There were some interesting mini-cornices on the summit... nothing intense. Good morning hike.