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Topic: May 14, 2004, Hawkins Mountain, Cle Elum River (Read 1266 times)
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avp
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Four of us (Charles, Matt, Kevin and I (Andy)) climbed and skied Hawkins Mountain friday. ÊWe used the approach recommended by John Morrow in his trip report of May 1. Parked the car at the end of the spur road heading up Camp Creek about a half mile in from the Cle Elum River road (3370'). ÊNo snow in sight at this point. ÊClimbed the steep west facing slope of the southern ridge above Camp Creek in open forest to about 4600' where we were able to start skinning. ÊToured along this narrowing, northerly curving ridge on firm snow till we reached the south rib of Hawkins and booted up on snow just west of the rib. ÊOn the summit at about 1:30. ÊGreat views up the Cle Elum valley of Mt. Hinman and Mt. Daniel. ÊClouds kept moving in to block the sun and we were wondering if the snow would soften sufficiently for the ski down. Had lunch and discussed the state of the world till about 3:00, then geared up to ski the west face of Hawkins. ÊThis slope is Êmoderately steep (~35 deg.) and open with small clumps of trees. On this day the snow was about an inch of corn on a firm base and utterly smooth....perfect. ÊA great 1300' run was had by all. ÊWe then toured back up to the ridge to about 6500' and did another run down a west facing gully including a narrow and steep section of snow. ÊThe snow made heroes of us all. ÊThen back up to the ridge and a fun ski through forest to the end of the snow, followed by a toe smashing but mercifully short hike back down the steep face. ÊNo snow instability issues noted. ÊA great day with great company marred only by Matt doing the unthinkable: spilling his hard earned Guinness back at the car.
Kevin on the gully run:
More photos next Monday (5/24) on TAY home page.
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silaswild
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Thanks to a preview of this report (from Sir Charles), Rob and I headed over Saturday. It's a nice short trip if you don't have time for a full day. 2hrs drive for us to the parking spot, an hour up to skinnable snow, two more to the summit at 1PM, half an hour there watching gray clouds and spitting snow, skipped yoyoing in an effort to get down before the precip arrived, back to the car at 330PM. Conditions were the same as the Friday group found, excellent. Next weekend this route will have much more exposed dirt.
Without John Morrow's directions and Charles' timely report we would have been much less likely to choose Hawkins. Thanks to both of you for a fun day!
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« Last Edit: 05/16/04, 06:40 AM by silaswild »
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Charles
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Thanks also to Nick and Brent for the route, and John for letting us know about it.
I added a photo to Andy's TR (above).
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