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Two days of skiing with NWskier
I've been bad about posting pictures this year, and in general, but this is a start.
From last weekend 6/25. NWskier and I made plans to hike up and ski something in the Tatoosh where neither of us had skied before. The hike up was in thick clouds almost the entire time, kicking steps was fast enough and there were enough dirt patches that we didn't skin at all. We only had one slight detour where we tried to make a route go before deciding it was dumb.
We got to the saddle and had this view of Adams and the valley down to Packwood Attachment 184497
Following the trail, we climbed a little rock chute to the saddle between Pinnacle peak and the castle Attachment 184498
getting around a little shelf with Unicorn peak in the background
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Skinning to the castle
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NWskier set the track to the highest bit of snow Attachment 184503
Looking over the back and down at the climbers and both saddles from earlier
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The mountain poked out for a minute
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Skiing time again!
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Finding routes through the trees
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And a three minute walk to the car
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Done with another great day of skiing
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