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www.turns-all-year.com South face, Alaska Mountain skiing photos, Snoqualmie Pass backcountry, Washington Turns All Year: Ski Trip Photo Galleries This is a gallery of Alaska Mountain skiing photos. Thumbnail images on this page can be clicked to view the full-sized photos, and lead into a slide show sequence for the gallery. The photos are 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. < Previous  Browse Galleries  Next >    or    Search Galleries List Galleries by:     General Location     Detailed Location     Month     Date   South face of Alaska Mountain skiing via Gold Creek, Snoqualmie Pass backcountry, Washington, January 27-28, 2007    (Click any of the photos to view large versions) Admiring Alaska Mountain on the ski up Gold Creek valley Ready to go at the base of Alaska Mountain's south face Looking across the south face of Alaska Mountain People using crampons like claws The group on the ascent, looking out Gold Creek valley Photo time on the climb up Alaska Mountain's south face Mount Thompson from Alaska Mountain View to the NE from Alaska Mountain, with Joe Lake Looking SW from Alaska Mountain, with Kendall Peak Marcus skiing near the top of Alaska Mountain Kirsten skiing near the top of Alaska Mountain Skiing winter corn snow, south face of Alaska Mountain Becky poses, south face of Alaska Mountain Marcus skiing above avalanche debris Wide view of the south face of Alaska Mountain Looking up Gold Creek valley to Chikamin Peak Close up of Chikamin Peak from Gold Creek valley Alaska Mountain from Gold Creek valley Photos by Nate Riensche, Kirsten Hauge, and Pete Alderson Backcountry skiing trip report: South face of Alaska Mountain skiing via Gold Creek, Snoqualmie Pass backcountry, Washington, January 27-28, 2007     I've been wanting to ski the south face of Alaska Mountain for a while and given the weather it sure seemed like it would be a good bet for some mid-winter corn this weekend. Marcus, Anastasia, Kirsten, Nate, Mica, Andy, Becky, and I, with Tundra (Andy's two-year old Akita) tracked the heck outta the south face today. Winter corn snow condtions were fantastic.     Leisurely day yesterday skiing up Gold Creek valley...unbreakable crust in the trees and a leftover skin track from Sky and Casey skiing in the area early in the week made for fast travel. Regarding the approach and travel in Gold Creek valley: there's currently a huge pile of avy debris from one of the chutes on Alta Mountain that has completely spanned Gold Creek and allows one to get from the east side of the valley over to the west side without fording through the water...the debris pile is right before you get to where Silver Creek runs into Gold Creek...could be a useful bridge for anyone skiing the Kendall Peak couloirs and exiting via Gold Creek.     Cramponed up one of the ribs on the south face of Alaska Mountain early this morning and had to wait around on the summit for about an hour until corn-o-clock struck (11am). Our huge crew then split up and took adjacent ribs back down...definitely gotta get back up there and ski the south side of Chikamin Peak, it looks amazing.    Pete < Previous  Browse Galleries  Next >    or    Search Galleries List Galleries by:     General Location     Detailed Location     Month     Date ©2007 Turns All Year LLC, www.turns-all-year.com  (copyright info here)