6/20/09 Pineapple Basin...
6/20/09
WA Snoqualmie Pass
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Is it less cool to call it Great Scott Bowl? I'd appreciate any comments on this as I fancy myself a hipster.
Arrived to the upper lot about 10:30. Solid cloud cover and a refreshing 47 degrees. Not raining and didn't my whole time up there. Based on a 6/12 TR, I put the skins on and planned to ascend the backcountry exit path out to Source Lake. Before I read that TR, which mentioned pretty continous snow to S Lake, I had pictured taking the Snow Lake trail in the tenny runners to Source Lake Outlook. If your destination is the basin/bowl with two names, I'd recommend the Snow Lake trail shoe it in approach.
I hit the first snow 100 yards in or so. I enjoyed pretty continuos snow up to about 2/3 the way to Source Lake. It then turned into a bush wack. There was a pretty exciting creek crossing, in which I charged through knee deep fast moving water. Then an interesting scramble up slippery rock near a water fall.
Once to Source Lake it was pretty straight forward on up to the top of the basin. I saw two people up there. One guy running down and boot skiing. The other booted to the top with skis on his pack. After some grub and relaxing I enjoyed the turns on a great non-grabby surface.
Not wanting to descend the bush wack or the Snow Lake trail in the garmont's (should've packed in the shoes), I had to brain storm. From the bottom of the basin I worked my way over to Piss Pass. I then made it over past Knoll 1 and had a decent ski down Lower I. It was easy travel back to the lot from there. I took St Bernard's road and noticed they replaced a lot of the old wood with fresh wood on the unloading station.
Arrived to the upper lot about 10:30. Solid cloud cover and a refreshing 47 degrees. Not raining and didn't my whole time up there. Based on a 6/12 TR, I put the skins on and planned to ascend the backcountry exit path out to Source Lake. Before I read that TR, which mentioned pretty continous snow to S Lake, I had pictured taking the Snow Lake trail in the tenny runners to Source Lake Outlook. If your destination is the basin/bowl with two names, I'd recommend the Snow Lake trail shoe it in approach.
I hit the first snow 100 yards in or so. I enjoyed pretty continuos snow up to about 2/3 the way to Source Lake. It then turned into a bush wack. There was a pretty exciting creek crossing, in which I charged through knee deep fast moving water. Then an interesting scramble up slippery rock near a water fall.
Once to Source Lake it was pretty straight forward on up to the top of the basin. I saw two people up there. One guy running down and boot skiing. The other booted to the top with skis on his pack. After some grub and relaxing I enjoyed the turns on a great non-grabby surface.
Not wanting to descend the bush wack or the Snow Lake trail in the garmont's (should've packed in the shoes), I had to brain storm. From the bottom of the basin I worked my way over to Piss Pass. I then made it over past Knoll 1 and had a decent ski down Lower I. It was easy travel back to the lot from there. I took St Bernard's road and noticed they replaced a lot of the old wood with fresh wood on the unloading station.
Calling it GSB will earn you instant hipster cred.
Ha! I must have followed your footsteps yesterday. I got to the same "interesting rock scramble" and decided to throw in the towel and grab a beer back in town. I'd had plenty of fun wandering through the forest anyway. I think I might try to play hookey later in the week and try again on the Snow Lake Trail.
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Is it less cool to call it Great Scott Bowl? I'd appreciate any comments on this as I fancy myself a hipster.
Arrived to the upper lot about 10:30. Solid cloud cover and a refreshing 47 degrees. Not raining and didn't my whole time up there. Based on a 6/12 TR, I put the skins on and planned to ascend the backcountry exit path out to Source Lake. Before I read that TR, which mentioned pretty continous snow to S Lake, I had pictured taking the Snow Lake trail in the tenny runners to Source Lake Outlook. If your destination is the basin/bowl with two names, I'd recommend the Snow Lake trail shoe it in approach.
I hit the first snow 100 yards in or so. I enjoyed pretty continuos snow up to about 2/3 the way to Source Lake. It then turned into a bush wack. There was a pretty exciting creek crossing, in which I charged through knee deep fast moving water. Then an interesting scramble up slippery rock near a water fall.
Once to Source Lake it was pretty straight forward on up to the top of the basin. I saw two people up there. One guy running down and boot skiing. The other booted to the top with skis on his pack. After some grub and relaxing I enjoyed the turns on a great non-grabby surface.
Not wanting to descend the bush wack or the Snow Lake trail in the garmont's (should've packed in the shoes), I had to brain storm. From the bottom of the basin I worked my way over to Piss Pass. I then made it over past Knoll 1 and had a decent ski down Lower I. It was easy travel back to the lot from there. I took St Bernard's road and noticed they replaced a lot of the old wood with fresh wood on the unloading station.
I've got those same 70's Flashback wheels on my Arbor longboard! Nice!
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