"We write a tale of adventure with our thoughts and actions every day. And it's a story that we don't get the opportunity to edit and rewrite. The first draft is the final draft. Let's write it well." – Royal Robbins
This hidden away gem in Washington State has been on my to-do list for several years, and now it's on my annual to-do list! The Scottish Lakes High Camp is on the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary and the quickest access into the Scottish Lakes within the Chiwuakum Mountain range area. The winter trails range from flat …
This course really helped fill in some of the gaps from my AIRE 1 course. Adding an emphasis on technique and learning how to become more efficient with my uphill travel along with picking better routes. Our instructor Solveig was extremely helpful answering questions about ascent routes, avalanche observations, and in general was an awesome guide to be leading our …
With a fresh blanket of snow Sunday night, and a midweek day off of work to tour. Brenan and I decided on an easy tour around Yodelin for the day to get time on our skins, and check out the old decommissioned ski resort (circa mid 1970's). Usually on weekends this is an overused madhouse for …
Well, today was a compromise. Our plans kind of changed at the last minute the night before. I wanted to just go to Paradise to go skin before the next storm, albeit I'm not a fan of going by myself, and Lyss wanted to take the dogs out. Mia apparently had a cut …
Continue reading “Backcountry Groomers” Mt Tahoma Ski Trails
After a week of roller coaster weather... Super cold dry powder for weeks, then some unusually clear and cold nights to create all sorts of fun things going on with our snowpack, followed by a warming cycle with rain on snow, and some freezing rain and a lot of wind... Basically it has been a waiting …
Lyss is still learning how to ski, but her first set of skis are a touring setup, so we took her out for some low angle wind blown powder at Paradise to try out her skins. Starting out at Paradise, we went above the lodge and up the Edith Creek Basin. Generally we avoid the bridge unless we …
I couldn't find anyone to commit to go skinning, along with Lyss's pressure canning meats workshop got canceled, so a change of plans and off to the hills we went! Figured a day of lift skiing to get her more time on her skis would be beneficial for her, and more time back on my board would be good …
The plan for the day was to drive up to Paradise, and do a really low angle tour toward Glacier Vista with Tim coming along on snowshoes. The objective was a few snow pits and lots of observations in safe terrain to look for the potential buried weak layers causing the high and considerable avalanche forecasts in safe locations with some beacon …
From one volcano to the next! Robin, Janelle, and I headed out to Paradise to Wallow in what I suspected as a tracked out Paradise after the epic storm hit Saturday night. My first trip for the season to Paradise, so I totally forgot that the National Park now uses Twitter to update the road …
Continue reading Struggle Bus Wallowing Through Paradise 12/5
Over the last 7 years of annual trips to Paradise for New Years and various other snowshoe trips along with the few times I've gotten out with my splitboard... I've had to plan various "safe" and short trips for a variety of skill levels and gear... I've been oogling multiple other routes, and trying to build a basic understanding of some of the …
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