TAY Snoqualmie Pass images : telemark and backcountry skiing photos

Turns All Year telemark and backcountry skiing photos from Snoqualmie Pass
Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Snoqualmie Pass, sometimes affectionately known as Snowcrummy Pass, doesn't enjoy a reputation for great snow, but when the conditions are right, it's Snowquality Pass all the way. With low freezing levels and fresh powder snow, Snoqualmie Pass offers backcountry skiing in beautiful old-growth forest unmatched by most other destinations in the Washington Cascades, and it is only an hour's interstate drive from the Seattle metropolitan area. Most of the Snoqualmie Pass ski areas offer only moderately steep slopes, but the backcountry can be a different story, where steep runs, open and forested, abound, with attendant avalanche hazards. For times when the avalanche danger is high, there is great backcountry ski touring as well. Backcountry skiing destinations in the Snoqualmie Pass area include Granite Mountain, the Alpental backcountry, Snoqualmie Mountain, Guye Peak, Red Mountain, Kendall Peak and knob, Mt. Margaret, Nordic Pass, Silver Peak, and Mt. Catherine. The photos in this gallery are from backcountry skiing trips in the Snoqualmie Pass area from December through May. They include landscape images and action photos of backcountry telemark skiing.