ATTRACTIONS: Good early-season trip that climbs quickly to snow level. The trail climbs quickly and efficiently and the views are excellent. The skiing up top is mellow in pitch and the forest is fairly open, making this a nice tour...Read More...
The events you are about to read are true; the names have been changed to protect the stupid… Perhaps the forgotten skins were a sign. After all, without skins a ski tour designed for climbing is toast, dead, kaput. So there was...Read More...
Editor’s note: This information was originally posted 4/15/08. Attractions: This ski or snowshoe ascent of Mount Mastiff (el: 6,741’) climbs through beautiful old-growth forests below Merritt Lake that are an interesting mix of Eastside and Westside tree species. Eventually you cut...Read More...
Photo: Lower Lyman Lake view. Words and photos by John Plotz As I stand locked into my skis, hovering on the brink of a steep slope of powder and cliffs, I am struck by how big the country is back...Read More...
Photo: Pleasant powder turns near the top of Mount Lillian’s 6,191-foot south summit. Words and photos by Rob Mullins Ski touring from Highway 97 along the Upper Tronsen Road to the summit of South Lillian (6,191 feet) is a climb...Read More...
Photo: Chester Marler descending the south side of Lichtenberg on a mysteriously, misty day. Lichtenberg Mountain offers backcountry skiers and snowshoers options for a north-side climb, a south-side route, or a circuit going up one side and down the other....Read More...
Attractions: A route that starts off slowly (a few miles of roads to slog up) before climbing to ridges and peaks with stellar views out over the North Cascades, Glacier Peak, Mt Baker, the Stuart Range, and Mt. Rainier. The route...Read More...
Question: Why is Adam Vognild smiling in ski photos? Are we to believe he actually likes this nonsense? The Isolation Traverse by Tom JanischFrom May 31 until June 2 (2014), Adam Vognild and I skied the Isolation Traverse south to...Read More...
Photo: Miller Peak behind as seen from the southeast ridge of Iron Mountain. Snows of Iron “In spring the snow on all slopes will pass through a complete transformation between dawn and sunset…the charm of spring skiing is due to...Read More...
ATTRACTIONS. Ingalls Pass and Ingalls Lake are technically out of Wenatchee Outdoor’s territory–driving from the Big Y near Leavenworth to the trailhead is over an hour’s drive (more like 1 hour and 20 minutes). But this same area can be...Read More...
