June 3-9, 2002, Washington, Thielson, Crater Lk.+

Started out skiing Crystal (done) to get used to the new "Mega Bangs" and then went down to Oregon. Nice weather throughout the trip, as we started north and traveled south.....Set out at 6 to ski the North Face of Mt. Washington under a thin high cloud with a sun halo. Snow from the trailhead at the PCT, and perfect corn from the top to the bottom of the face. 6 hrs. RT......Watched "Star Wars" in Bend, and then drove to Diamond Lk., where Bailey had more snow cover than Thielson, but we had already skied Bailey, so we decided on T.... Set out at 6 and went up to the North Col, very nice, and skied from the highest possible point.(South side was burnt out) Again, PERFECT corn. 6 hrs. RT.... Skied at Crater Lk. the next day. Short Runs, great scerenery, and a bit firm. Hard Freeze that night.....Then wen't down to Lk. Of The Woods for a ski on McLoughlin. Set out at 6, then skied from the summit on PERFECT corn snow. 7 hrs. RT. Needless to say, it was a PERFECT freeze/thaw cycle during our trip.

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