|
|
|
|
|
|
Turns All Year Trip Reports
(1) Viewing these pages constitutes your acceptance of the Terms of Use.
(2) Disclaimer: the accuracy of information here is unknown, use at your own risk.
(3) Trip Report monthly boards: only actual trip report starts a new thread.
(4) Keep it civil and constructive - that is the norm here. |
|
|
|
|
Author
|
Topic: April 23, 2006- Hidden Lake Peak (N. Cascades) (Read 1699 times)
|
korup
Member
Offline
Posts: 320
|
Well, Jerry was "The Man" and organized a superb tour to a beautiful spot. A huge posse (Jerry, Jay, Ethan, Chris, Chuck, Stephanie, Lara, Alex, and myself) met at the Lynwood PnR and headed up via Darrington and then FS roads until significant snow forced us to park. 1.5 -2 miles of skinning up the road lead us to the summer trailhead, over a few wet slides that look only a day old. The trip from there headed up a narrow valley, with huge cirques all around; there were some large slides on all sunny aspects, including one (6 ft crown??) that was down to dirt. We skirted up the side of the valley and avoided sketchy slopes. There was then a nasty section in the trees, skiing up icy pine needles. After this point, the cadiomutants (Jay, Jerry and Chuck) did what they do best and scooted up towards the summit.
The conditions were perfect- cloudless, bright sunshine, and just enough wind to keep things comfortable. After ~ 4800 ft of skinning, the summit finally was ours- and the view was nothing short of staggering- it is truly an amazing spot. Jerry, Jay and Chuck then did a lap off the backside into the valley, and just kept going, going, and going- they were clearly loving it! After they skinned back up, we all took off. The first 1000 feet of skiing was sublime- cold windbuff with occasional patches of softer fluff. The sight of nine sets of perfect tracks (along with some doggie prints from Cosmos) was pretty stunning! Lower, the snow had softened quite a bit and was pretty grabby, but the sun and company made it fun all the same; some mellow XC touring and then dirt skiing (for some) or hiking (most) we arrived back at the cars around 4pm. The posse then reconnected at the Mexican place in Arlington for some excellent eats. All in all, a near perfect tour!
Pictures are c/o Chris- thanks!
also- link to Lara's pics-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laraskis/sets/72057594117061723/?batch_done=1
|
 tracks.jpg (88.39 KB, 751x566 - viewed 577 times.)
valley.jpg (92.15 KB, 685x516 - viewed 590 times.)
|
|
« Last Edit: 04/27/06, 04:17 PM by korup »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
ClimbingJ
1Member
Offline
Posts: 2
|
How about those pics? 
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Double E
Member
Offline
Posts: 193
|
Pictures here. BTW, if anyone feels like geeking out and naming all the peaks in my ~180 degree panorama shot (save a copy; label peaks in MSPaint or somethin, then mail back to me) that'd be very cool.  Only ones I can pick out are Glacier Peak, Baker, and Shuksan.
Ethan
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 04/27/06, 07:46 AM by Double_E »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Tophervw
Member
Offline
Posts: 261
|
Great write-up, However it is hard to give this tour justice in plain old words... BTW great Pano-Ramo...E 
C
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 04/27/06, 09:17 AM by Tophervw »
|
Logged
|
"Animal played the drums better then any other Muppet....How's That for Communism?
|
|
|
chrism
Member
Offline
Posts: 110
|
Great photos, Ethan. Especially enjoyed the panorama.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
lapaz25
Member
Offline
Posts: 158
|
Definitely an awesome trip-thanks to all for the good times! The skiing, views, and company were all worth the nice sweat equity See many of you this Sunday at Crystal Ski Fest!
~Lara
P.S. (Drew-thanks for finally getting our TR up and running!)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Skiing: When grit meets grace and power embraces passion.
|
|
|
Michael
Member
Offline
Posts: 153
WWW
|
Great trip report and pictures!! You guys hit that place at a perfect time!!
Ethan: If you get the panorama with all summit names on it, post it - would love to see it.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Thank you to our sponsors!
|
Contact turns-all-year.com
Turns All Year Trip Reports ©2001-2010 Turns All Year LLC. All Rights Reserved
The opinions expressed in posts are those of the poster and do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of Trip Reports administrators or Turns All Year LLC
|
Turns All Year Trip Reports | Powered by SMF 1.0.6.
© 2001-2005, Lewis Media. All Rights Reserved.
|
|
