Bellingham report
2/15/19
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
1775
3
Starts with the work trip from hell - unscheduled overnights in SeaTac both ways for a two day trip. Got trapped at the gate in SeaTac because the push truck backing the neighboring 737 out to taxi got stuck. When there's a 737 stuck right behind you, you're not going anywhere. But the day was memorable for seeing one of our iconic Hamsters unicycling in a suit and tie to work at BLI in the driving snowstorm.
Got back for the calm between storms to ski Mount Ann over the far end of the Arm and back. Gorgeous boottop pow with no one else.
Round two of the sea level pow: Not easy to be stuck in town when Baker gets 19" then 25'' in back to back 24 hour periods, but in town powder feels like stealing. Skied Lookout Mountain (highest point in town) with Jack (age 10). Got to mid-shin on me, knee deep on Jack, fast and fluffy. Next day, after XC skiing the tiny hills of Broadway and Cornwall Parks to and from work, got to do the rare, beloved night lap on South Hill (Easton) with big sister Annie (17), hitting the jumps the sledding kids made during the day off from school and arcing little airs off the garden landscaped little rock walls into untracked. So special. Two days every other year we get to feel like we live in Rossland.
Got back for the calm between storms to ski Mount Ann over the far end of the Arm and back. Gorgeous boottop pow with no one else.
Round two of the sea level pow: Not easy to be stuck in town when Baker gets 19" then 25'' in back to back 24 hour periods, but in town powder feels like stealing. Skied Lookout Mountain (highest point in town) with Jack (age 10). Got to mid-shin on me, knee deep on Jack, fast and fluffy. Next day, after XC skiing the tiny hills of Broadway and Cornwall Parks to and from work, got to do the rare, beloved night lap on South Hill (Easton) with big sister Annie (17), hitting the jumps the sledding kids made during the day off from school and arcing little airs off the garden landscaped little rock walls into untracked. So special. Two days every other year we get to feel like we live in Rossland.
Awesome!
Is lookout mountain the hill between campus and Bill Macdonald parkway with a lookout at the summit? I spent a couple years in Bham in the 80's and it never snowed, but I went up and down that hill a whole lot. Would have been super awesome to ski it!
Although it never snowed while I was there, I do remember a 30 day stretch when it rained every day and I-5 shut down for flooding. If it ever gets cold there, it could be DEEP!
Is lookout mountain the hill between campus and Bill Macdonald parkway with a lookout at the summit? I spent a couple years in Bham in the 80's and it never snowed, but I went up and down that hill a whole lot. Would have been super awesome to ski it!
Although it never snowed while I was there, I do remember a 30 day stretch when it rained every day and I-5 shut down for flooding. If it ever gets cold there, it could be DEEP!
The hill next to campus with the firetower is Sehome Hill Arboretum. I suppose the hill itself must be (duh) Sehome Hill. I rode my mountain bike up there yesterday--6-8 inches heavy stuff, packed solid on the roadway but pretty traction-ish where only bootpacked. Hard work. Wished I was on skis, which are out of the question until after knee surgery.
Lookout Mountain is outside town, adjacent to Galbraith. If the OP really took a ten-year-old up there, that's one rugged kid. The top is ~2600 ft.
Lookout Mountain is outside town, adjacent to Galbraith. If the OP really took a ten-year-old up there, that's one rugged kid. The top is ~2600 ft.
Mend up there Mark!
Good winter here in Vermont, enough snow to survive the thaws.
Good winter here in Vermont, enough snow to survive the thaws.
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