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”
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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”
2021-04-17 Diamond Peak Ski
Distance: 10.1 mi.Elevation Gain: 4800 ft. Avalanche danger is Washington was looking pretty high over the weekend and there were even some special warnings issued due to…… Read more “2021-04-17 Diamond Peak Ski”
2021-03-06 Skiing Yodelin
Distance: 3.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 1600 ft. Hi friends! After spending three months worth of weekends renovating our new fixer-upper, we were desperate to get out in the…… Read more “2021-03-06 Skiing Yodelin”
2020-11-29 Anvil Rock
Distance: 8 mi.Elevation Gain: 4100 ft. Although this was our first ski tour of the season, we decided to take advantage of the low-moderate avalanche risk and…… Read more “2020-11-29 Anvil Rock”
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”
2020-03-01 Skiing Kendall Peak Lakes
Distance: 5.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 2640 ft. Craig and I decided that avalanche stability would allow for a two-person ski tour, so we headed out toward Snoqualmie Pass…… Read more “2020-03-01 Skiing Kendall Peak Lakes”
2020-02-09 Amazing Amabilis
Distance: 10.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 2200 ft. We were looking through our old 1990s-era ski tour book from Washington State and wanted to find something that was both…… Read more “2020-02-09 Amazing Amabilis”
2020-02-22 Mount Townsend Winter Attempt
Distance: 5.1 mi.Elevation Gain: 1300 ft. Laura, Craig and I were spending the weekend on the Olympic Peninsula and wanted to get a backcountry ski in. We…… Read more “2020-02-22 Mount Townsend Winter Attempt”
2020-02-17 Skiing Smithbrook Road
Distance: 4.9 mi.Elevation Gain: 800 ft. My friendo Nancy is new to backcountry skiing so I though that Smithbrook Road would be an easy and accessible first…… Read more “2020-02-17 Skiing Smithbrook Road”