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June 20 to June 21, 2015 8 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
After going to Pole Ck TH to visit Middle and North Sister I think 7 times, the last time I was there was in the spring of 2012 for a ski trip. I had not been back since the fire. Wow, first of all I was saddened to see those lovely ponderosas about a quarter or half mile up the trail all burned to a crisp and blackened. Those were some magnificent trees. Mo...
May 3, 2015 13 miles 7,000 feet gained
full monty this time. skied from the summit proper, actually really excellent down to pikers. My wife, Bucket, also went with, but topped out at Pikers with partner Ian. Louis, Ian, and I skied the SW chutes then traversed over to near equal with the summer climb route above crescent glacier. Bucket made it to the car about 15 minutes before us.. that said, ...
April 26, 2015 10 miles 5,000 feet gained
made it to just around pikers. weather/clouds came in, no fun skiing in a whiteout. didn't have good skinning purchase. an 'ok' ski down...kind of a challenging day. food at big mans compensated for this..
April 19, 2015 12 miles 6,750 feet gained
pictures later. wow. feels like july. snow gone at the lot mostly. this is crazy also snowmobilers went up to lunch counter, flagrant wilderness violation.
April 4, 2015 6 miles 5,500 feet gained
wow, getting super easy (not the effort to get to the top, but the conditions of the east pearly gate). great ski conditions..got my bud his first summit. he's strong as hell with his fatty skis..
March 29, 2015 6 miles 5,500 feet gained
pretty easy with the snow filling in the PG east chute more and more
March 1, 2015 6 miles 5,500 feet gained
February 15, 2015 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
February 8, 2015 5.5 miles 5,250 feet gained
base of PG. sketch snow, so beer and ski
January 2, 2015 9 miles 1,500 feet gained
boogie boogie Bend fun.
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