We decided to let a morning snowstorm blow through before heading out to the mountains. Shortly after noon, we set off on Lineham Creek trail near Highway Pass. Leaving the creek-side trail, we headed up Lineham Ridge. Even under snow the trail was mostly easy to follow in the trees. Once out of the trees, we saw no evidence of a trail and we stayed on the ridge.

As we continued along the ridge the snow became deeper and the terrain more difficult. Between the avalanche risk higher up and the few hours of daylight left we knew we wouldn't reach the top: we turned back two kilometres short of the summit. Even so, we took in some stunning scenery and I noted a few mountains that looked like interesting ascents. We returned a week later and climbed an unnamed peak that I call Twin Peaks.