It appears Spring is here, or at least doing a brief cameo appearance. Taking advantage of the beautiful weather, Molly, Evan, Ava, and I went up to Snoqualmie Pass to attempt, yet again, a ski descent of Snoqualmie Mountain.
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| Clothing accessories can be a dead giveaway that it's springtime |
We found the skinning to be fairly technical on steep, icy terrain. I'm generally not an advocate of ski crampons, but there's no doubt that they would have been useful today.
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| Skinning up the west side of Snoqualmie Mountain |
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| The views of Rainier didn't suck |
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| . . . neither did the views of Chair Peak |
At the top, we considered making a lap off the backside or skiing the Slot Couloir, but the tracks made by previous skiers revealed about 3 inches of powder snow over a sheet of ice, making these steeper lines less appealing.
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| Everyone loves summit ski descents |
We ended up skiing back down the way we had ascended and hit the snow just about right: earlier, and it would have been too icy; later, and it would have been too softened by the sun and warm temperatures. On the way home we stopped at Seattle Bouldering Project to top the day off with a bit of gym climbing - good times.
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