Mar 5, 2011, Lux Peak (5650â) via Stevens Pass

3/5/11

WA Stevens Pass

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Posted by fwb on 3/8/11 7:24am

Lux Peak (5650)
Stevens Pass/ Lumiere Ridge
Mar 5, 2011
Dicey & fwb

Full TR here:

We approached via Stevens Pass and Lumiere Ridge. Broke a fresh trail and then used an old one part way into Christmas bowl. Then followed the east ridge up peak 5578 (south end of Lumiere Ridge). Dropped to Swimming Deer Lake Pass then the east slopes of Lux to the south ridge and summit. Good turns in the SE, NE bowls off Lux and the NE slope of the north false summit back to Swimming Deer Pass. A quick skin to near the summit of peak 5578. Another group had followed our skin track up the ridge. We moved to the north of the summit and had nice powder to the col that returns to Lake Susan Jane. The col was consolidated with some good turns on available on the left side. Then the wide open slope to intersect the Wayback road and skin to the top of the Tye Mill chair. Missed the chair by an hour and a half.

Slopes more stable than expected, sun burned off the clouds. Another great day in the mountains.