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August 6-8, ONP, Royal and Deception Basin

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Posted by osean on 8/9/17 6:05am
I took a trip up to Royal Basin to scavenge for the few skiable lines that remained. We camped at Royal Lake which hosted great swimming and horrible bugs. Upon gaining Deception Pass, we were lured to the descent options on Hal Foss Peak. Its North face provided an 1000' aesthetic line with manageable sun cuppage. We scrambled back over the pass and enjoyed another 600' of shredding on the way back to camp.  Kudos to all the folks who have skied here back when there was more snow... I hope to join your club soon.
Love the lines in that first picture! Thanks for sharing.

That looks pretty good. Nice work!

Nice job. Looks like a great run!

Beutiful aesthetic line thanks for the report.

Great report - brought back some good memories!

I was having a hard time imagining the whole place covered in snow. Thanks for posting the pic. When was it taken?

Very cool to see August pictures of this zone, thanks.

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I was having a hard time imagining the whole place covered in snow. Thanks for posting the pic. When was it taken?


Early May 2010

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