Mt. Baker Backcountry. xmas day
12/15/07
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
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Slipped out from Bham for three runs off of Mt. Herman' s east side slopes to valley bottom. Excellent conditions. Supportive base with 8-12 " of low density snow on top. Great turning snow with relative safe conditions. Dug three pits on south aspect and nothing dramatic showed up. Storm rolled in at 2 as we left and started dropping more low density goodness. Tree skiing and low angled slopes should be quite good through the weekend. (We stayed away from wind loaded lee slopes.) Merry xmas to everyone and I hope that folks get out there and get some quality turns.
Gregg
Gregg
Glad you had some merry turns today Gregg. We're up at Rogers Pass and stopped by the Wheeler hut today thinking we might see you there. Maybe tomorrow. We did a tour to Lookout col up the Illecillewaet then skied down that nice basin into the Asulkan valley. Nice deep powder, and overall seemed more stable than today's forecast. Breaking trail was alot of work with about 50cm boot penetration. We decided not to go into the Asulkan cabin yesterday due to high avy hazards with the new snow. Hanging at the Glacier lodge instead.
Hey Paul. Wanted to get out with Mike and another friend today as it looked like the conditions would be good in the slackcountry. Had the place to ourselves today. Leaving very early in the am with the hopes of getting a run on Grizzly or lower NRC gulley. See you tomorrow. Leave your radio on and I will give you a shout in the afternoon. It would be fun to spend a day farming some powder on McGill shoulder on Thursday with you and your friend. Glad to hear that the stability is improving prior to heading to Fairy Meadows. Looking forward to some Selkirk blower......
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