New Year at White Pass, Washington
Katherine, Eric, Michelle and I spent new year’s eve weekend in Packwood, Washington near White Pass.
White Pass is a dying breed of resort that is low-key, family oriented and wholly unpretentious. An example of this is their sale of $10.00 one ride lift tickets for those who venture into the backcountry - it’s nice to get a little headstart while sitting on your butt!
The resort is surrounded by acres of beautiful terrain that includes easy access to Gifford Pinchot National Forest and the Goat Rocks Wilderness.
We were pretty much winging it on our first tour, but ran into some very friendly local folks who were quite generous with directions and secret stash beta.
On the third day of our trip, we decided to check a tour that would have been a wonderful tree ski had the snow not been mashed potato mank. The stuff was so thick it stopped this guy cold!
He survived! My wife most definitley thought it was the tour from hell.
With a good dose of encouragement, she managed to clear all the sketchy creek crossings without removing her skis.
I was lucky that she didn’t smack me with a ski pole during the mile walk back to the car.
