Waterton represented day 1 of the consecutive day streak for splitboarding, so it's fitting it also was the final and eighth day. I took Tyler and he popped the cherry on splitting. First day for him on a brand new Prior split. I think he may have found a new hobby to keep him busy in the winter.

We took the leisurely 2.5km stroll from the parking lot to the lake edge and were greeted with a somewhat dismal looking amount of snow. We used the summer hiking trail to gain almost all of summit ridge before heading south. Conditions may have allowed an earlier departure from the trail, but some skiers had laid in a skin track, so why break if you don't have to - especially on day 8?

We made a short lap down towards Summit Lake and found some great snow. Skinned back up and traversed across to the top of one of my favorite runs on the ridge. The early season conditions were poking through everywhere though. Lots of Christmas trees and alder that should be buried by now. We still found some great snow and managed to pick our way through the dead fall and whatnot to Cameron Lake. From there we took another leisurely stroll (this time close to 4km) across the lake and down the road to the truck. I busted out my headlamp about 1/2 way as the sun had gone down. Made for a long day, but it's always good to introduce someone new to the good life.

Total up for the day was 3,060 feet.