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5/31/23
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Posted by snoholic on 5/31/23 2:52pm

Nice outing on one of my Oregon favorites. Was able to drive a mile up the forest road towards the summer climbing trail then used a combo of easy forest travel and the PCT for pretty a direct route up. Skinned to the summit once I hit solid snow(6200'.) The more northerly lines off the summit looked amazing but being solo I didn't think it a great plan. The East face skied pretty amazing as well I dropped at 11:00 but 10 would have been better as I had a slow slug trail chasing me. Was able to connect snow patches (heavy use of spring forest ski technique) till I hit the PCT then walked to the beers.

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Skinning route to summit on SE aspect

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Looking down N aspect from summit

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Fun turns down east face

Once again you are giving me some hope.  Thanks for posting these.


Crusading!! I'm jealous. 


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