Cascadia/WA Pow Farming ‘23/‘24

[Benneke10]

skied the north shots from Elk Mountain above Port Angeles yesterday evening. Long ways out for slushy snow but the scenery was top notch, and there aren't many other partial day ski tour options left (curious if there are other good ones!). Road to Obstruction was still gated but completely melted and clear, and the trail was mostly clear of snow apart from a short but steep stretch that required Kendall Katwalk style step kicking.

[plugboots]

Down to a WROD. Lots of running stream holes to add to the experience.

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

From the Northern Cascade Highway yesterday (Tuesday).


Conditions up high.


Beautiful views.


Don’t know if this ever gets skied but it looks like a sick line.


Saw tracks (old) in the main bowl above the switchback on the Eastside of Washington Pass.


Scary! This SUV was headed uphill when it collided with something and went across the road and came to rest. It is teetering on the edge of a
500+ft edge with a back tire off the ground.


Fire season is here already. Up above Winthrop looking South at the Pioneer Fire burning above Lake Chelan.
600+ acres. Crews and aircraft are engaged.


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[John_B]

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Fire season is here already. Up above Winthrop looking South at the Pioneer Fire burning above Lake Chelan.
600+ acres. Crews and aircraft are engaged.


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If you turned your camera a few degrees to the right I'd be able to see my house! It's a beautiful time of the year minus the early smoke.

[kamtron]

Thanks for the conditions updates, folks.
Seems like with this cool-down we could be getting corn when the sun comes out again.

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

If you turned your camera a few degrees to the right I'd be able to see my house! It's a beautiful time of the year minus the early smoke.

No way, that’s really cool! Here’s two more shots I took from the same area.

This area is really beautiful.


If you’re up on this hillside just a friendly reminder from a recently retired wildland engine Capt to do your defensible space around your home. With this West facing aspect and the almost cured chest grass lining up with an upslope breeze in the afternoon a fire would rip up this slope.

My GF & I loved the views from up there.


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[John_B]

No way, that’s really cool! Here’s two more shots I took from the same area.

This area is really beautiful.


If you’re up on this hillside just a friendly reminder from a recently retired wildland engine Capt to do your defensible space around your home. With this West facing aspect and the almost cured chest grass lining up with an upslope breeze in the afternoon a fire would rip up this slope.

My GF & I loved the views from up there.


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Nice pics. I'm down low in town so my fire risks are more associated with my neighbor's meth habit and POS ~1964 single wide.

[plugboots]

There’s a TR from skier 666, (if I recall correctly), about this line. It gets skied pretty often.

[Mofro261]

There’s a TR from skier 666, (if I recall correctly), about this line. It gets skied pretty often.

I've hit both of those (Whistler Coolies?) with Sq99 and a few others but it's been a minute. The main one sometimes has a crux right at the bottom but the sparser one lookers left stays clean longer. Got to get them asap when the road opens due to aspect but iirc the river crossing also comes into play a bit.

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

There’s a TR from skier 666, (if I recall correctly), about this line. It gets skied pretty often.

I’m out of Reno and ski Tahoe & Mammoth mostly. I’ve seen 666’s GoPro footage. The guys a ripping skier.


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[Eastern Sierra Skier]

This place looks legit! I was bummed I couldn’t drive to the base of the area.


On a pow day I could see the face of this being really fun.


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[plugboots]

It’s really mellow. I can skin straight up the main steep line.
Of course what isn’t great on a powder day? Unfortunately, this place gets very little snow, some years it doesn’t even open.

[Bronco]

This place looks legit! I was bummed I couldn’t drive to the base of the area.

Pretty fun spring skiing. I think I hit my top speed there, sparse skiers on what steep runs there are.

[ridge_skier]

Has anyone been out to the High Divide Seven Lakes basin recently? Trying to figure out how melted out it is for a potential backpacking trip at the end of June.

Looks like reservations don't open until July 15 other than walk up but thought it might be snow free earlier with the low snow year.

[blackdog102395]

Anyone been up InterGlacier, Mount Ruth, and/or Chinook Pass recently? Got Wed-Sun booked in the Silver Springs campground and plan on at least three days of skiing. Photos always appreciated!

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I haven’t been out to the Olympics yet but there’s still a fair bit of snow above 5500-6000’ in the Cascades and I would expect more in the Olympics. With the forecast of continued cool temperatures the snow isn’t going to melt out in the next couple weeks


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[Buster Highmen]

Anyone been up InterGlacier, Mount Ruth, and/or Chinook Pass recently? Got Wed-Sun booked in the Silver Springs campground and plan on at least three days of skiing. Photos always appreciated!

I've been keeping an eye on temperatures and there's been no freezing at night at 7k, more like 42 and just barely below freezing at Camp Muir: https://nwac.us/weatherdata/campmuir/now/

Secondhand report of mush ttb on Interglacier.

[kamtron]

Anyone been up InterGlacier, Mount Ruth, and/or Chinook Pass recently? Got Wed-Sun booked in the Silver Springs campground and plan on at least three days of skiing. Photos always appreciated!

Check the Facebook skiing groups. Multiple posts. Didn't seem like good quality snow in the posts I saw but that should get better with the lower freezing levels over the short-term.

[blackdog102395]

Unfortunately, in this application, I am not a Facebook user. Down fall of society and all of that...

[Benneke10]

Has anyone been out to the High Divide Seven Lakes basin recently? Trying to figure out how melted out it is for a potential backpacking trip at the end of June.

Based on my travels this week around Hurricane Ridge, I would imagine the High Divide will be mostly snow free end of June. I've done the loop late June in the past and there was a cruxy steep snow section on the ridge north of Bogachiel Peak towards the Lunch Lake junction. If you are a ski mountaineer its no problem but if you have less experienced friends or family with you it would be an issue. You can avoid the potential for exposed steep snow by taking the Lunch Lake trails and avoiding Bogachiel Peak altogether.

They don't accept reservations before mid July because they don't want people planning trips with the potential of snow covered campsites and trails.

[ridge_skier]

I haven’t been out to the Olympics yet but there’s still a fair bit of snow above 5500-6000’ in the Cascades and I would expect more in the Olympics. With the forecast of continued cool temperatures the snow isn’t going to melt out in the next couple weeks

Based on my travels this week around Hurricane Ridge, I would imagine the High Divide will be mostly snow free end of June. I've done the loop late June in the past and there was a cruxy steep snow section on the ridge north of Bogachiel Peak towards the Lunch Lake junction. If you are a ski mountaineer its no problem but if you have less experienced friends or family with you it would be an issue. You can avoid the potential for exposed steep snow by taking the Lunch Lake trails and avoiding Bogachiel Peak altogether.

Appreciate the responses guys! I'll keep doing some research and see if I can get in touch with one of the rangers over there.

[blackdog102395]

I've been keeping an eye on temperatures and there's been no freezing at night at 7k, more like 42 and just barely below freezing at Camp Muir: https://nwac.us/weatherdata/campmuir/now/

Secondhand report of mush ttb on Interglacier.

Yes, that's been the concern. Hopefully Kamtron is right and we'll see lower freezing level through the weekend. I also have a campground reserved at Hosmer Lake on the Cascade Lakes Highway. So, we'll head that way if conditions look better down there. They have been getting solid freezes but it's been warmer too. Gonna be a tough call.

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

It’s really mellow. I can skin straight up the main steep line.
Of course what isn’t great on a powder day? Unfortunately, this place gets very little snow, some years it doesn’t even open.

That's interesting. I didn't realize how shadowed out Loup would be by being on the Eastside of the valley.

[plugboots]

That's interesting. I didn't realize how shadowed out Loup would be by being on the Eastside of the valley.

From their IG on March 1st:

[phatty]

Appreciate the responses guys! I'll keep doing some research and see if I can get in touch with one of the rangers over there.

A couple trip reports from last weekend here: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/w...kes-basin-loop