March 16, 2002, Nordic Pass, Snoqualmie Pass

Hey Charles, are you missing some tracks? Well, we found them on Saturday! Didn't read your report for Friday till we got home Sat nite. But we did see your tracks on Sat. and skied the same slopes. I see why you call it your favorite. We had good cold powder, snow squalls and sunbreaks. No sign of instability, a little sloughing. The Old Growth terrain is unbelievably like Tumalo Mountain down across from Mt. Bachelor. We came in from the south side after the skiing Nordic Pass to Windy Pass slope twice. Ran into 2 skiers looking for Volken's route up Mt. Catherine. This is twice now that has happened. Same skiers were ahead of us and set uptrack and just our luck as we were skiing down to Windy Pass a group of Mountaineer XC skiers were setting an up track back up to Nordic Pass. Oh lucky day! Thanks to all unknown skiers.

Robie