August 1, 2019, Russell and Flett
8/1/19
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Yoshiko and I started skinning at 7200 after 5 miles with skis on pack. Skinned to 8600, was able to ski down to CatEye Lake with two portages. 16 mile round trip.
Videos
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dnJ2816G7tYBPpJn6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/F9ZPY4qgZKE4HvwE9
Videos
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dnJ2816G7tYBPpJn6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/F9ZPY4qgZKE4HvwE9
Wow, that place is gorgeous! I need to visit. Never been. Looks like a nice amount of skiing too.
author=mikerolfs link=topic=42089.msg165524#msg165524 date=1565292533]
Wow, that place is gorgeous! I need to visit. Never been. Looks like a nice amount of skiing too.
We got roughly 2000vft of turns -- if we had been willing to hike out in the dark (or were faster) the Russell can be climbed another 1000vft higher. We arrived back at the car at sunset -- for us slow pokes it was about 12 hours car to car.
Thanks a bunch for your post!!
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