June 12, 2017, Esmeralda Peak
6/12/17
WA Cascades East Slopes Central
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3 of us, 2nd Day Adventists, gathered to worship up the N Fork Teanaway yesterday. Parked at the totally unnecessary road closure at the Iron Peak trail head(Forest Service - tear down this wall!). Hiked the road and up the Fortune Pass trail to ~5000' before turning west and skiing up to the 6640'+ Esmeralda Peak. Great skiing up and down but otherwise looking done for S-facing Longs/Ingalls Pass routes. More skiing lingers over those divides for folks willing to hike to the snow.
Nice one Glenn! Got any pics?
My buddies do but they don't post. It wasn't a good day for views and then we climbed up into a cloud. I can forward you a slideshow from last year's tour. Carl Simpson(Freebird) posted a Teanaway video with some Esmeralda footage last year in late May.
Great to see you still taking advantage of the backyard skiing glenn!
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