TR: Volcano Tour 2017

Checked Out the Cascades for the first time this May. First on the list was Mt. Lassen.

NE Face Mt. Lassen, 5-21-17

Left the Devastated Area a little before 6 AM.

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The NE Face

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Bootpack

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First look at Shasta. It's big...

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Lassen NP

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Summit!

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One summit down


Then we skied perfect corn all the way down the NE Face. So good!

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It was very good

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Goodbye Lassen

Then it was on to Mt. Shasta.

Trinity Chutes, Mt. Shasta, 5-22-17

We camped near Bunny Flat and started skinning around 3 AM. Bunny Flat was HOT when we started, not even close to freezing. But by the time we reached around 9,000' the snow was rock solid.

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Shasta casts a long shadow

We made good time up to Thumb Rock.

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Thumb Rock Panorama

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Misery Hill here we come!

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I see the top

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We arrived at the summit to blue skies and no wind.

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We then made our way over to the top of the Trinity Chutes.

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Looking down the Trinity Chutes

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Pretty much perfect corn from the top of the Trinity Chutes all the way to Bunny Flat!

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Last look at Shasta

Then we drove towards Oregon.

We took a "rest day" and skinned Bachelor before continuing on towards Hood.

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Mt. Hood, 5-25-17

It was a beautiful morning to climb to the top of Oregon.

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Approaching the Crater

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Heading up the Pearly Gates

Cooper Spur looked great but was too firm. We skied the Old Crater Route instead.
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Great skiing back to the bottom. All in all it was an excellent introduction to the Cascades. Can't wait to get back to ski the rest!

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Looks like a great trip! Hard to beat perfect weather and corn harvest on the Volcanoes. Cooper Spur lookin sick, drool drool. I want that.

Fun pics. Come back with Tone and we'll ski some of the Warshintun cones.

Great.

One of these days

Nicely done. Yet another of the several hundred skiing things I still need to do.

Wow, you got the perfect weather window, not too mention near perfect snow conditions. My last attempt at Cascade volcanoes was clouds and rain the whole time.

Nice Trip Report. Way to get after it

Badass, great pics.

Awesome pics.

Those pics of the NE face of Mt. Lassen look incredible!