September 1, 2008 - Timberline Freshies, OR

I met Todd at 7:30 in the parking lot and we headed up for some lift served vert.  Given all the hiking lately, it was nice to get some lift riding in.  It had snowed down to about 6500 feet overnight, and there was a little wind sift on the east side of the Palmer (several inches in places).

I couldn't believe we actually got a face shot or two today!  Nobody believed us, but who cares, right?  It wasn't like it was epic or deep, but it was fresh!  The cold smoke hitting my face was almost too good too be true!
   





The snow corned by about 10:00, fog drifted in about 11:30, and we were down at the Ratskellar by about 12:30. The Monkey Face Porter hit the spot.  You can ride down to within aobut 200 yards of the lodge.  I'm amazed at the coverage up there still.   The Zigzag still looks decent!

Here's a shot looking down towards the lodge at about 9:00........



We climbed out towards the White River Glacier for a rest and some GU, and I snapped this photo of the large ice field complex. It looks good for some climbing, but the seracs are big and probably unstable........

NICE!

was there too with several friends. skied until 1 pm. snow got a bit grabby lower down, but the Palmer corned up nicely.
Miracle Mile was a lot of fun on the way down.
In the morning the Canadian Olympic boarding team were ripping it up. Hard boots and carving boards = 4 to 6 inch grooves.
Lifts are now closed until the 13th.