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Nice production work! loved all the creative shots. oh yeah and the pow!  ;D

Might look for that track on Monday. Good work finding the good stuff. Amazing how in perfect conditions things can stay fresh for so long! I gotta check elevations but maybe you were low enough to be somewhat out of the inversion and it stayed cooler.

Very nice!!!! No doubt you guys go get it a lot.

Day we skied, a week ago, we turned around at top of Palmer lift. Rain event had completely glazed the mountain. It looks like a bit of snow fell there several days ago, which might provide a few stashes between the hard stuff. Perhaps others have been up since and can comment.

I was there too and went back to Avalanche Basin yesterday(24th) and 6" of low density new lay above 5,600'. We skied the chutes north of Brain Damage and stopped about 200' below the ridge due to firm crust below. Consistent depth from 6,700 down to Elizabeth Lake made for great laps.

Drool-worthy

Good clean fun! It may have been a bit scratchy under the 5-7" of new snow, but it was more fun than hiking (which is already pretty fun). And what a beautiful area. There was a moderate size crowd of cars at the upper lot, but we still had that bowl all to ourselves for the early afternoon, with another group deciding to go up there only after we exited back out to see all the intriguing up and down tracks on the north face of Table. Thanks for a great day out, Skip - just what I needed be...

Roads! Access is such a roadblock.

NICE..THANKS  FOR THE REPORT

Just skinned back up both times.  Getting through looked quite adventurous, and we didn't have much reason to since we were based out of camp.

Amazing weather on the big one this weekend!  To add to the Muir report, a friend and I found some surprisingly good skiing in the cirque above/across from camp, as well as down the Cowlitz a ways on the skier's left flank.  A more wise and patient local we met was waiting for one more good dump before crossing over towards Cathedral Gap.  Once across, at least, things were straight forward with great snow.

Let's hope for more.  The 'typical' route said local menti...

Great writeup David! Thinking of heading down there for the long weekend. Did you summit Hood? Think it's ready for that sort of thing yet? Would you recommend Hood over Bachelor? I've never been to Bachelor...

Dang. I knew I should've hoofed it up there for the weekend as soon as I hopped out of the car at Heather Meadows Sat. morning and the thermometer read 40F and the NWAC telemetry was reporting 45F atop Pan Dome. But with no one willing to tag along, I wasn't feeling up to a solo adventure this early in the season.

I was worried about the road skinning, esp. after last week's storm. USFS report did say the road was driveable to the Yellow Aster Butte TH but it could be a...

Have you tried using a moving average to smooth out the points?  That might make it a little easier to read.

Great day at White Pass!  GnarB captured the day nicely!  Special thanks to Rick and WD for showing us what rocks not to hit on the way out!  :)

Whoa. Thought there'd have been more snow in Silver!

My two partners observed tracks departing the col that day and wondered who might have made them. Bittersweet to now know the story. Thanks for sharing.

Really spectacular photos on your Smugmug site!  Thanks for the great trip report!

;D 8)

A fitting spot, Lowell.

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I'd never been to white pass but heard good things.  Figured since I had 2 dogs for the weekend I'd venture up to White Pass and check it out. 

What a great day, maybe 5/6 people total all day.  Skinned up past chair 6 to high point on the west ridge.  Great snow, cold fluffy powder.  Really great early season turns.

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