It's slowly becoming a tradition, this is the 3rd time in four years (last year's event cancelled due to lack of winter) that the cascadeclimbers.com crew has gathered in the Methow Valley to camp out, eat bacon, drink beer, tell lies, climb, do yoga, burn a fire (and other stuff too ;) ) and something else... what was it??? Oh yeaah SKI CORN!!!
The basic MO is that we have a campsite in the Methow Valley where we trickle in after work on Friday, then we go ski for two days. We don't let the skiing get in the way of the rest of the w/e however... beer and campfires are essential as well. An 1130AM start to a corn day on Sunday attests to that.
None the less, I think this was some of the best corn I have ever skiied. I bet it's melting out fast this week, but if it cools down again you should go get some before it's all overirpe...
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Getting a crack of 930AM start... it's not all about the skiing.
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One of our party getting an extra run in. Softening up nicely...
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Hunting for something steeper.
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Something I want to hit next time:
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A skiis eye view of yet another peak... and the tasty corn that was everywhere.
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Access probably gets better somewhere in the world, but this is pretty darn good. About 3000' straight up from the road means... 3000' DOWN! w00t!
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Enjoying some of that 3000' on Kangaroo Ridge
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The obvious wide chute from the high point on the ridge was our line. That was less than half fo the run, which was excellent corn from top to bottom.
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More pics and TRs here.
