July 29, 2017, ONP Obstruction Point

7/29/17

WA Olympics

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Posted by telemack on 8/1/17 1:30pm

Runcle and I headed south from the road's end to a good 4-500' couloir about 2 miles in. The snow is not firming up overnight so it carved up easily with minimal suncups; booting was straightforward with consolidated under-layers. This slope starts about 40 degrees and can't be seen from the car, but it should keep a remnant until October ::) We also hiked a bit further to inspect the NE snowfield of Moose Peak, which has a dramatic curving line that got me thinking about August destinations.....

8/7/17 11:32pm

runcle

Nice day! We had no idea at the time that the Park would be inundated from fire smoke and haze from the north!

8/16/17 1:37am

gary_h

Skied that one a few times too, fun slope! There's another north fqcing one before the end of the road which usually does persist until the snow starts falling again.

Here's a link to one of our trips there under similar atmospheric conditions:

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=17269.0

Gary

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