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| Earl Peak skiing photos: Bean Creek basin, Teanaway River
Turns All Year: Ski Trip Photo Galleries | This is a gallery of Earl Peak skiing photos, North Fork Teanaway River. Thumbnail images on this page can be clicked to view the full-sized photos, and lead into a slide show sequence for the gallery. These backcountry skiing photos are from a spring corn snow trip to Bean Creek basin and Earl Peak, in the North Fork Teanaway drainage in the Washington Cascades.
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| | | Earl Peak, North Fork Teanaway, Washington, April 25, 2004
(Click any of the photos to view large versions)
In the forest of Bean Creek | 
Looking up the west
face of Earl Peak | 
Mt. Rainier view
from Earl Peak slopes | 
Al, first run | 
Matt, first run corn snow | 
Dina, first run spring skiing | 
Russ, first run | 
Charles, first run | 
Skinning for second run | 
Bean Creek basin
from Earl Peak | 
Matt, second run,
from Earl Peak | 
Al, corn snow, second run | 
Al, spring skiing, second run | 
Dina, second run,
from Earl Peak | 
Russ, second run | 
Dina, second run | 
Charles, second
run corn snow | 
Second run
spring skiing | 
Second run | 
Russ, third run | 
Bean Creek crossing
on the way out |
Photos by Matt Depies and Charles Eldridge
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Associated trip report: An intrepid group, Chris, Al, Dina, Charles, and Russ headed out for a ski tour up Bean Creek to Earl Peak. Access to the trailhead was limited by several snow patches which could be easily crossed with high axel vehicles. The trail up Bean Creek was for the first half mile and probably should be hiked for about a mile. The snow under the trees was compact but spotty. Continuous snow started around 4600 feet in Bean Creek basin. Southern and eastern slopes softened early and by 1pm western slopes were also nice, with several inches of corn snow on a solid base. We postponed the ski from the summit of Earl Peak on west slopes to allow it to soften more.
Several spectacular corn snow runs were made throughout the day. The first was made from the northwest ridge of Earl Peak. Solid snow with an inch or so of corn gave way to a softer surface layer down below, but certainly still nice skiing. This was a south facing slope. The next run was from the summit of Earl Peak. A couple of thousand feet of nice corn snow through one of the west facing gullies just below the summit was the highlight of the day. Another run was made in Bean Creek basin on south facing slopes, near our first run, at the end of the day without too much gain in sloppiness of the snow. All in all the snow stayed nice throughout the day and we again enjoyed great Teanaway spring corn skiing.
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