Mon 24 Jul 2006
Booting Towards Dome
Originally uploaded by shredmaximus.
This picture above Yang Yang Lakes was shot by Pat Hanson two years ago. Pat, Dave Jun and I were on the Ptarmigan Traverse in mid-June. Sure wish I was walking on snow in the heart of the North Cascades today.
Sun 9 Jul 2006
Michelle, Steve, Jay and Lori and I skied the Snowdome Saturday. We shared the tour with roughly 20 other skiers and boarders. I’ve never seen that many folks on ye olde Dome but given that it was Saturday and that the entire Cloudcap road opened recently the near moguls in places kind of made sense.
The day was sunny, warm, and mostly windless. On a classicly brilliant NW summer day, the views of Helen’s, Rainier and Adams were out in full force. Under a cloudless sky, the intimidating aspects of stark, bare rock no longer covered in snow and ice, and huge crevasses opening in the Eliot glacier contrasted with the beautiful white expanse of corn loveliness that is the Dome is what makes this ski our favorite way to call it a season and prepare to hang the boards up until sometime around Thanksgiving.
Tue 4 Jul 2006
My third try for a ski off the top of Mt. Shasta was the charm. Two previous attempts on Shasta’s northeast facing Hotlum-Wintun route saw my mates and me literally blown off the peak. Blown off once under cloudy skies and again under bluebird ones.
This time around the climb and ski couldn’t have been better. Blake, Michelle and I drove from Portland to meet Otto, Wolfie, and Glen from Lake Tahoe and John and Shelly from Mammoth. We lit out at 5:30 am and were on top by 11:00. The corn was sweet butter love “all zee vay down!”
The first picture shows some flowers we left behind in our NE Portland garden. The last 2 are from the garden on our return.
Happy independence day 2006!