Dec 11, 2010, Bryant Peak - Snoqualmie BC
12/11/10
WA Snoqualmie Pass
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I headed out Saturday with Patrick Stanton and a couple of his friends with plans to ski Bryant Col and make our way over to Kaleetan Peak. A nasty weather was in the future for Snoqualmie with really high freezing levels and high winds. We hoped to make it over the col before conditions worsened. When we woke up in the morning we found that the satellite was showing the system breaking a bit sooner than expected, we made it below the col just as winds started to pick up and began forming potentially dangerous wind slabs. We skiied down from our high point and enjoyed 2 laps with great turns just below Bryant Peak and The Tooth.
Full TR with waypoints/pics/video here:
http://www.bramski.org/trip-reports/bryant-peak-snoqualmie-backcountry/
Full TR with waypoints/pics/video here:
http://www.bramski.org/trip-reports/bryant-peak-snoqualmie-backcountry/
Good TR Bram,
The Google Maps tour route is excellent, nice videos too.
We experienced the same rapid change in weather conditions in the Olympics on Saturday. Snow quality changed from good powder to heavy sludge in less than an hour.
I was planning to help Pat with a Level II avy class at Alpental on Sunday, it was canceled due to the monsoon. Sounds like the weather will be returning to more favorable conditions soon.
Gary
The Google Maps tour route is excellent, nice videos too.
We experienced the same rapid change in weather conditions in the Olympics on Saturday. Snow quality changed from good powder to heavy sludge in less than an hour.
I was planning to help Pat with a Level II avy class at Alpental on Sunday, it was canceled due to the monsoon. Sounds like the weather will be returning to more favorable conditions soon.
Gary
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