January 19 and 20, 2010, N Fk Teanaway, Ingalls Pass
1/15/10
WA Cascades East Slopes Central
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Mike and I just got back from a trip skiing the slopes S of Ingalls Pass. We
encountered snow all the way down to 29 Pines parking. Much lower
snow line on the E side of the mountains!
We camped under the N face of Esmeralda on the snow-machine track.
It was fun watching the spin-drift cascade down the N face of Esmeralda.
The best skiing was between 5600 and 6800 ft in spin-drifted areas.
We did not touch N aspects as those were the lee slopes and were
heavily loaded. A five inch slab has formed over a thin, yet slick
(sun) crust on all S exposures. Many slab-pillows are much deeper.
We did a dicey little traverse in full conditions over slabby snow
from Ingalls Pass W to pk 7382. Then we skied down to camp.
Randy O. asks about coverage down low. 29 Pines has a couple feet of snow, with large bare spots under trees(2600 ft). The parking lot under Esmeralda had four feet (4200 ft).
encountered snow all the way down to 29 Pines parking. Much lower
snow line on the E side of the mountains!
We camped under the N face of Esmeralda on the snow-machine track.
It was fun watching the spin-drift cascade down the N face of Esmeralda.
The best skiing was between 5600 and 6800 ft in spin-drifted areas.
We did not touch N aspects as those were the lee slopes and were
heavily loaded. A five inch slab has formed over a thin, yet slick
(sun) crust on all S exposures. Many slab-pillows are much deeper.
We did a dicey little traverse in full conditions over slabby snow
from Ingalls Pass W to pk 7382. Then we skied down to camp.
Randy O. asks about coverage down low. 29 Pines has a couple feet of snow, with large bare spots under trees(2600 ft). The parking lot under Esmeralda had four feet (4200 ft).
