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Good on you, guys, to find some extra laps - we skied off the Divide down to Snowlake on Saturday, and found some decent turns. We were considering extending our outing to Avalanche, but for a couple different reasons decided to head back, instead - stoked to get your report from that zone now.

Wow, that looks thin! I skied it late Feb a couple seasons ago and I remember the lower section being thin even at that point in the season.

Lots of beautiful shots in your blog post. Snoqualmie is the best!

Sweet Panoramic. I think the pano' conveys way more of the experience of being somewhere. Rockin'

 

Looks awesome, thanks for sharing - brings back some good memories on Goat Mtn! 

Wow..8" of QUALITY snow over the crust?? Baker always seems to deliver! 

Wow, been a while since I’ve been down “Shepard’s Chute”.  Way to nail it early season!

Damn! Early bird gets the worm, looks like. Well played, guys. Cool pic of the surface hoar.

Great photos fellas. 

The the poorly bonded fluff, which seem to have lubricated his day, Mike looks right-happy. Fluorescing!

Thanks for the TR Randy. Maybe I'll use your route tomorrow...via skins or from above....

That looks great up high.

...and who says you can't have bushes on your ski-slope. Demand shrubs in your line!

Wow, thats a big day!

“Some dry skiing required” - Gotta love it!

Saw your tracks down the N Couloir, nice day.

 

 

Sure was fun. Here are a couple pictures of that cold NE side. Also, until it snows again, I think you can ice skate on Valhalla. There is just a light snow cover over smooth ice. That would be a fun afternoon!

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Jake. People that started earlier than me said it wasn't worth the effort, so I listened. :)

Nice report. Good conditions for bats!

@ BCSSchonwald. I took that pic from the 4wd track between Goldmeyer & the Dutch Miller Horse Camp. Somewhere near the crystal mine. 

They definitely backed-out from my read. Surely before the fall-line steepens. I do think it's ski-able if you go pretty hard left. The entrance up top looks pretty nice from the report.

I remember Lisa telling me the gold standard was Snoqualmie_Lundin_Red in a day. Giddy up boys!

I just thought about how clocks work... Whoops! I guess we did it CW- damn digital clocks taking over!

MtnPavlas- I think the dream would to ski it CCW in March and hit pow on N slopes and corn on S summits. Maybe add in Roosevelt (or Holy Diver for the extremely motivated group).

TooSlim- We did not keep track, but I remember the caltopo track was somewhere around 5.5k vert.

The hard way around - especially if you can't ski across the lake! That's a full-value circumnav. 

Strong work! Did you keep track of your miles and vert for the day? Just curious. 

Yup, we get plenty of that in the spring!

Dang, solid work in the low-coverage conditions. I've done Chair circumnav a couple times, but not this variant - will have to put it on the list : ) Thanks for sharing.

I briefly considered this as an option for yesterday but wasn't thrilled about the lack of low elevation snow. 

Hard to motivate for the hiking starts when you could just ski from the car!

Awesome pictures! Love the brushy wallowing in the first one. Sloan looks real steep from that angle.

Sounds like they reversed and climbed out from the bench above the cliffband, Jake... ?

Hey @aaasen! Yeah, that was probably us. Group of two. We looked at a couple places to drop in, but ultimately doubled back and took your chute too. 

Sweet pictures!

Jake, did you take that shot in a plane or over by Price? Good effort you three!

ah that was you--the hardy crew heading up in the fading light Tuesday eve...Happy Birthday!

After exiting on heavy KRUST down low we were glad to be heading out...
Good day tho, kicked up a bit of crust--and dare I say powder--on the ski out.

Andrew

Andrew

Lucas

Lucas

Skiing down from snow lake devide at 5pm yesterday, I can verify that the snow did refreeze. 

Freezing up at 36 F or loosening up at 30 F... Those surface fluxes consistently have me scratching my head.

Thanks again, your booter up Red was deep and solid.

Todd Eastman

Great stokage!

I'm new to the Bellingham area, after living in Seattle, so I'm not sure what's normal. Although it's always busy in Bagley basin I suppose

Beautiful shots!

That is one amazing panorama, Frank! Thanks for posting.

A great photo trip.😀

Great day out with you guys!

Stunning views from up there. I briefly considered this as an option for yesterday but wasn't thrilled about the lack of low elevation snow. Nice work!

Awesome! I went up there this spring and had a more adventurous creek crossing further up river. Glad to know there is a bridge! 

Quite the grunt up there - very impressive! First descent?? 

Thanks for the TR -- helpful for planning a Snoqualmie Sunday.

Wow, You guys are monsters. Very impressive.

Here's the N side of Lundin shot yesterday (12.5.20).  Your entrance is the notch 1/3 in from right? My read has always been you have to go hard skiers left and the line will be ski-able without a rope. Hmmmm.

Great effort fellas. 

Rock on man. Great write-up;

Jake the Brit: Certainly is Shuksan!

 

Kamtron: Have you found the herds to be larger than normal this year?

Those are some fabulous pictures!  Looks like you had a lot of fun.

Brave man, Randy, to hit Pineapple today after the dry spell. Thanks for the report - a few of us were wondering what it's like up there, and now we know : )

Good on you to get out, though. Looks like the views and some company from the animal kingdom made up for the less-than-ideal snow conditions.

Lane, did you move back to Washington?

I still live in SLC, came up here for Thanksgiving and I'll probably stay until Christmas. Utah is in the midst of a month-long dry spell and the snowpack in the Wasatch is 1-2ft of facets so I'm not eager to go back!

Lane, did you move back to Washington?