- June 8, 2007: Fryingpan Glacier skiing, Summerland, Whitman Crest, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Fifty photos from a June backcountry skiing trip to Summerland, Meany Crest, Fryingpan Glacier, and Whitman Crest, on the northeast side of Mount Rainier National Park. We found a bluebird day above the cloud deck and magnificent skiing on firn spiegel snow on the Fryingpan Glacier. - May 28-29, 2007: Glacier Peak skiing, from the south via North Fork Sauk River and White Pass, Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, Washington
Photos from a two day May backcountry skiing trip to Glacier Peak, from the North Fork Sauk River to White Pass, and then White Chuck Glacier, Suiattle Glacier, and Cool Glacier on the south side of Glacier Peak. This trip completed Lowell Skoog's 25-year project ofSkiing the Cascade Crest from Mount Baker to Mount Rainier. - April 3, 2007: Spring skiing, Lichtenberg Mountain, Stevens Pass backcountry, Washington
Photos from a backcountry spring skiing trip to Lichtenberg Mountain, near Stevens Pass, Washington. Our route took us over the lower summit to the true summit, and then we enjoyed great spring skiing on the south slope down to Nason Creek. - March 21, 2007: Stevens Pass snowboarding and skiing, backcountry powder snow, Heather Ridge (Skyline Ridge), Washington
50 photos from a backcountry snowboarding and skiing trip to Heather Ridge (Skyline Ridge) near Stevens Pass, Washington, on the first day of spring. A foot of stable powder snow had fallen the previous day and we all trailed large powder plumes sliding down east and northwest through northeast slopes during the day. - January 31, 2007: Granite Mountain skiing, south face winter corn snow, Snoqualmie Pass backcountry, Washington
Photos from a backcountry skiing trip to Granite Mountain, near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, featuring a bluebird day and beautiful winter corn snow on the south face of the mountain. - January 27-28, 2007: South face of Alaska Mountain skiing via Gold Creek, Snoqualmie Pass backcountry, Washington
Photos from a two day winter backcountry skiing trip to Alaska Mountain, via Gold Creek near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, featuring a bluebird day and great skiing on winter corn snow on the south face of Alaska Mountain. - October 27, 2006: Muir Snowfield, Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
A late October backcountry skiing trip to the south side of Mount Rainier, from Paradise up to the Muir Snowfield, then skiing down the Paradise Glacier on generally great snow. - September 24, 2006: The Patches of Paradise: Paradise Glacier fall skiing, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
A fall skiing backcountry trip to the Paradise Glacier in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, where a skim of new snow made for nice turns on this bluebird day. - July 22-23, 2006: Boulder Glacier skiing, southeast side of Mount Baker, Washington
A two day summer backcountry skiing trip to Boulder Glacier, on the southeast side of Mount Baker in Washington State. - July 1, 2006: Three Fingers via Goat Flat and Queest-Alb Glacier, Boulder River Wilderness Area, Washington
A July backcountry skiing trip to Three Fingers, via Goat Flat and the Queest-Alb Glacier in the Boulder River Wilderness Area in the Washington Cascades. - June 30-July 1, 2006: Mount Rainier summit skiing via Fuhrer Finger, Wilson Glacier, Nisqually Glacier, Washington
Photos from a two-day backcountry skiing ascent to and descent from the summit of Mount Rainier via Wilson Glacier, Fuhrer Finger, and Nisqually Glacier in July. - June 25, 2006: Mount Shuksan via White Salmon Glacier, Hell's Highway, and Sulphide Glacier, North Cascades National Park, Washington
Photos from a June backcountry skiing trip to Mount Shuksan, via White Salmon Glacier, Curtis Glacier, Hell's Highway, and Sulphide Galcier, with a good bushwhack thrown in for extra fun. - May 13-14, 2006: Mount Hinman via Middle Fork Snoqualmie, Dutch Miller Gap trail, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
An overnight trip to Mount Hinman via the Dutch Miller Gap trail up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River valley. We had beautiful weather and generally good snow conditions on this spectacular route under Summit Chief Mountain and Bears Breast Mountain, across Chain Lakes basin, and up the west ridge of Mt. Hinman. - May 13, 2006: Ruth Mountain skiing via Ruth Creek, North Cascades, Washington State
A backcountry skiing trip to Ruth Mountain, via Ruth Creek near Hannegan Pass, in the North Cascades of Washington State on a cool and clear May day. - May 3, 2006: Backcountry ski touring, Miller River, Lake Dorothy to Big Snow Mountain, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, Washington
Using lightweight telemark ski equipment we skied across Lake Dorothy, up to Gold Lake and then to Big Snow Mountain, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area of Washington State. The weather, snow, and skiing conditions were perfect and made it possible to do this long ski trip in one day. - March 19, 2006: Jim Hill Mountain skiing Stevens Pass backcountry, Washington
Thirty photos from a backcountry skiing trip to Jim Hill Mountain via Henry Creek on a bluebird day with classic Stevens smoke powder snow. With the arrival of several more groups of skiers the slopes eventually got pretty tracked out, but everyone found nice lines and had fantastic turns. - October 21, 2005: Fall snowboarding, Muir snowfield, Mount Rainier, Washington
Images from a backcountry snowboarding and skiing trip to Camp Muir and the Muir snowfield on the south side of Mt. Rainier. Fall storms had covered summer's dirty hard snow and we found excellent boarding conditions on a warm bluebird day. - August 5, 2005: Summer skiing, Ptarmigan Ridge, Mount Baker backcountry, Washington
Photos from a summer skiing trip to the north side of Ptarmigan Ridge, in the Mount Baker backcountry of Washington State. A pleasant hike on a beautiful August day led to short ski runs on surprisingly good snow. - July 12-13, 2005: Part 1 of 2: summer skiing, Russell Glacier, Mount Rainier
Photos of summer skiing on the Flett Glacier and Russell Glacier on the northwest side of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. We camped at 7000 feet at the top of the marine layer clouds, and found great corn snow skiing on the nearby glacier. - May 28-30, 2005, days 1+2: Flett and Russell Glaciers, Mount Rainier National Park
Photos from the first part of a 3 day backcountry skiing trip to the Russell Glacier and Flett Glacier above Spray Park, on the northwest side of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Beautiful weather and even more beautiful snow made for some great skiing. - March 13, 2005: Grand Park Headwall, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Ski touring photos from a trip to Grand Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, using waxless skis. Beautiful weather, fast snow, awesome views of the north side of Mount Rainier, and an epic descent of the Grand Park Headwall. - March 11, 2005: Van Trump Park, Van Trump Glaciers, The Turtle, Mount Rainier
45 photos from a spring backcountry skiing trip on the south side of Mount Rainier. Starting at 3600 feet in snow-free forest, we hiked past Comet Falls and then skinned up Van Trump Park, Van Trump Glaciers, and onto the Turtle to around 10,200 feet. Breakable crust on the Turtle turned into generally nice spring skiing on the Van Trump Glaciers; lots of photos of telemark skiing and randonee skiing (alpine touring). - March, 2005 and May, 2006: Birthday Tour skiing, Washington Pass, North Cascades Highway, Washington
Photos from a backcountry skiing trip to Washington Pass, on the North Cascades highway, the Birthday Tour: Blue Peak Col, Madison Avenue, upper Copper Creek, and Pika Col. - February 2, 2005: Muir snowfield, Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington
Low snow coverage everywhere but plenty for skiing. A variety of not-so-great snow conditions gave way to nice spring skiing below 7500 feet, and the best turns were just a few minutes from the parking lot. - December 18, 2004: Camp Muir, Nisqually Chutes, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Backcountry skiing photos from a December trip from Paradise to Camp Muir, with skiing on the Muir snowfield and the Nisqually Chutes down to the Nisqually Glacier. Blue skies, t-shirt temperatures, beautiful winter lighting, and great corn snow skiing in the Nisqually Chutes. - September, October, and November, 2004: Mount Hood fall skiing, Palmer snowfield
Photos from backcountry fall skiing trips to the Palmer snowfield, Illumination Rock, and Crater Rock on the south side of Mount Hood. September brought new snow and made for great fall skiing on the Palmer snowfield. - September 24, 2004: Muir Snowfield, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Photos from a fall backcountry skiing trip to the Muir snowfield and Camp Muir, on the south side of Mt. Rainier. September storms had deposited a covering of new snow and the corn snow skiing was excellent on this bluebird day. - September 6, 2004: Muir Snowfield, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Enough new snow had fallen on the Muir snowfield above Moon Rocks that we enjoyed perfect September corn snow skiing conditions, and a ski run of 2500 vertical feet. - August 8, 2004: Snow Dome, Mount Hood, Oregon
A backcountry skiing trip in August to Snow Dome, on the north side of Mount Hood, featuring a blue bird day and surprisingly good August skiing. - August 8, 2004: Paradise Glacier, Mt. Rainier, Washington
30 photos of August turns from a backcountry skiing trip to the Paradise Glacier - Cowlitz Glacier area on the south side of Mt. Rainier. - June 25, 2004: Dege Peak, Sourdough Chutes, Sunrise, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Thirty Mt. Rainier skiing photos from a backcountry trip to Dege Peak and the Sourdough Chutes, near Sunrise on the northeast side of Mt. Rainier. - June 20, 2004: Southwest Chutes backcountry skiing, Mount Adams, Washington
Fifteen photos from a June backcountry skiing trip to the south side of Mount Adams, Washington. The ascent route was the standard south climb up Suksdorf Ridge, and the descent featured great skiing in the southwest chutes on soft and creamy snow. - June 16, 2004: Mt. Daniel, Cle Elum River, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, Washington
24 backcountry skiing photos are from a June trip to the east peak of Mt. Daniel, via the Cle Elum River, Cathedral Rock, and Peggy's Pond. The weather was perfect, the coverage was good, and all but the highest snow made for good skiing. - June, 2004: Mount Baker ski traverse, Watsons Traverse, west to east, one day, Coleman Glacier to Mount Baker ski area, Mount Baker Wilderness Area, Washington
A one day skiing traverse of Mount Baker, Watsons Traverse, from Coleman Glacier in the west, over the summit, and down Park Glacier to Ptarmigan Ridge and Mount Baker ski area in the east. - May 1, 2004 and May 31, 2004: Mt. Hood backcountry skiing
Photos from May backcountry skiing trips to the south side of Mt. Hood, Oregon, including an early May trip to Mt. Hood's summit via the Hogsback and Pearly Gates, and a late May trip to Illumination Saddle. - April 30, 2004: Mowich Lake, Spray Park, Flett Glacier, Mt. Rainier
Our ski touring route led us past Mowich Lake, over Knapsack Pass and Mt. Pleasant, across Spray Park, and up the Flett Glacier to the base of Observation Rock. The snow was mostly firm and fast on this sunny day, and good turns were found descending the Flett Glacier back to Spray Park. - April 9, 2004: Navaho Peak, North Fork Teanaway, eastern Washington Cascades
Backcountry skiing photos from an April trip to Navaho Peak, in the North Fork Teanaway River drainage of the Wenatchee National Forest of Washington. A consolidated snowpack and a clear, cold night followed by this cool sunny day produced almost perfect corn skiing conditions in glades and on The Blaze on the south side of Navaho Peak. - March 10, 2004: Silver Creek, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington
The previous weekend's reports of snow whoomphing and slab avalanches led us to do this long forest tour with minimal avalanche exposure. On slopes at the end of the valley, we abandoned our quest for a few turns when we experienced whoomphing of the snow under our skis. - February 20, 2004: Lake Valhalla, Stevens Pass backcountry, Washington
A backcountry skiing trip to Lake Valhalla, in the Stevens Pass backcountry of Washington. 18 sunny February photos of cross-country skiing and telemark skiing, and of Lake Valhalla and nearby Lichtenberg Mountain. - January 4, 2004: Snoqualmie Pass backcountry powder skiing
Photos from a backcountry powder skiing trip to the Snoqualmie Pass area of Washington. Very cold temperatures and lots of new snow provided excellent backcountry powder skiing in glades and trees. - November 30, 2003: Paradise, Mt. Rainier, Washington
A sunny day and wind-sheltered south slope allowed the rain crust to thaw just right to produce perfect corn snow skiing conditions. - June 25, 2003: Paradise Glacier, Camp Muir, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Skiing photos from a backcountry trip to the south side of Mt. Rainier in late June. We skinned from Mazama Ridge up the Paradise Glacier to Camp Muir, then found great skiing descending the Paradise Glacier.
- June 17, 2003: Sunrise to 3rd Burroughs Mountain, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Photos from a backcountry skiing trip from Sunrise to 3rd Burroughs Mountain on the northeast side of Mt. Rainier National Park, with great views of Mt. Rainier, the Emmons Glacier, Interglacier, Steamboat Prow, and the Cowlitz Chimneys.
- June 5-8, 2003, days 1+2: North side of Mt. Adams, Washington
We used waxless skis to travel up and across the Adams Glacier, accessing skiing runs below the north ridge, Adams Glacier icefall, and the north face of the northwest ridge (NFNWR).
- February 6, 2003: Table Mountain, Mt. Baker backcountry, Washington
On this glorious day we found beautiful powder snow well bonded to a rain crust, and skied north-facing slopes of Table Mountain. The gallery includes telemark backcountry skiing photos as well as landscape photos of Mt. Shuksan and Shuksan Arm.
- January 17, 2003: Muir Snowfield - Camp Muir, Mt. Rainier
Four backcountry skiers made the trip up to Camp Muir at 10,000 feet in spring-like weather. Warm sunshine and light breezes produced corn snow conditions on much of the Muir snowfield, and Paradise reached 64 degrees. Twelve photos of telemark skiing, the Muir snowfield, the Nisqually Glacier, and the summit of Mt. Rainier.
- October 31, 2002: Year-round desperation, Muir Snowfield, Mt. Rainier
12 photos from a backcountry trip to the Muir snowfield on the south side of Mt. Rainier to do some October turns. Strong winds had blown away most of the thin cover of new snow, but a fairly nice, short run was found. The gallery includes action photos of both snowboarding and telemark skiing.
- June 21-25, 2002, Days 1+2: Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington
Photos from days one and two of our annual June ski trip. Access was perfect, the weather was perfect, and the snow was near perfect, too. Day one culminated in an exploratory tour on the west slopes of the Goat Rocks crest. Day two led us over the crest and to the top of Old Snowy Mountain, then down the NE facing bowl of McCall Basin. Of course, we had to get back to camp, which meant back over the Crest and more telemark skiing runs. Includes a Goat Rocks overview from the north, with peaks labeled.
- June, 1993: Mount Jefferson via Milk Creek gullies, Oregon Cascade Mountains
Photos from a backcountry skiing trip to Mount Jefferson, a volcano south of Mount Hood in the Oregon Cascades. Mount Jefferson was approached from the west via Milk Creek and the Milk Creek gullies and skied using very short skis (figls or firn gliders). - June, 1989: Bailey Range ski traverse, Sol Duc River to Hoh River, Mount Olympus, Olympic Mountains, Olympic National Park, Washington
Ski touring photos from a five day Bailey Range ski traverse from Sol Duc River (Soleduck River) to Hoh River in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. The group had incredible June weather for skiing and ski touring, including a ski ascent and descent of Mount Olympus.
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