Distance: 21.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 6000 ft. My friend Ben lives in Colorado and has been climbing the 14ers over recent years. He had only 2 remaining peaks…… Read more “2024-05/31-06/01 Skiing Snowmass Mountain”
Tag: backcountryskiing
2023-02-04 Revisiting Yodelin
Distance: 4.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 2000 ft. With the avalanche forecast quickly notching up overnight due to widespread wind loading, we decided to head to Yodelin for some…… Read more “2023-02-04 Revisiting Yodelin”
2021-05-08 Skiing Spire Gulch
Distance: 1.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 1500 ft. Washington Pass had just opened the previous Wednesday and we had friends that were going to be in Winthrop for the…… Read more “2021-05-08 Skiing Spire Gulch”
2021-04-18 Mt. Bachelor
Distance: 5.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 2750 ft. After skiing Diamond Peak and hanging out with some friends in Bend on Saturday, we wanted a shorter ski day to…… Read more “2021-04-18 Mt. Bachelor”
2020-05-09 Bedal Peak
Distance: 8.2 mi.Elevation Gain: 4200 ft. Ten years ago to the day, I climbed Bedal with a group of friends from the UW climbing club. We were…… Read more “2020-05-09 Bedal Peak”
2019-03-30-31 Foss, Plummer, and Denman Peaks
Distance: 9.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 4400 ft. Despite slight chance of precipitation, we thought it would be overall good weather for an overnight ski tour in the Tatoosh…… Read more “2019-03-30-31 Foss, Plummer, and Denman Peaks”
2019-03-10 Tatoosh Skiing
Distance: 5.9 mi.Elevation Gain: 2800 ft. Vanessa was working all weekend and I was able to recruit Laura for a Sunday ski day. Avalanche danger was moderate…… Read more “2019-03-10 Tatoosh Skiing”
2019-01-13 Bullion Basin Ski
Distance: 7.5 mi. Elevation Gain: 3400 ft. With the weather having been clear for several days and temps above normal I had kind of assumed all backcountry…… Read more “2019-01-13 Bullion Basin Ski”
Entering Avalanche-Prone Terrain
Many of the trip reports on this site enter avalanche-prone terrain. If you’re planning to adventure in Washington State between the months of November and June, it’s…… Read more “Entering Avalanche-Prone Terrain”