Tag Archives: Wy'East

2 snow chestnuts for a warm(ish) summer day

By Halle | Published: August 19, 2010

Must go up… To get down…

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Why I always ski Superbowl Sunday

By Halle | Published: February 8, 2010

For one day this season we were ok with El Niño. Superbowl Sunday. Chris and I had a surprisingly good day skiing der Hood. We ditched the car in Govy, stuck out our thumbs and the first car up Timberline Rd. obliged. The clouds lifted and the snow up high was as good as Hood [...]

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Primo Picking

By Halle | Published: October 21, 2009

Claudia and I experienced a banner day picking today. Chanterelles are more pleasant and are easier to clean when dry!

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One of My Favorite Things: Skiing to Ramona Falls

By Halle | Published: May 26, 2009

The tour to Ramona falls is one of my favorite things. Yesterday Steven, Ralph and I skied the route with a snowcat assist part way up the Palmer. It was a great day spent with friends on the mountain. We encountered a handfull of giants along the way.

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Smokey says, “shred the gnar.”

By Halle | Published: April 27, 2009

Spent a nice day with the family at Timberline yesterday and couldn’t resist this picture of my daughter and Smokey the Bear.

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Volcano Corn Season Is On

By Halle | Published: May 6, 2008
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Winter’s End Is Near

By Halle | Published: April 17, 2008

AC and I did a half day tour near Mirror Lake Wednesday. Winter’s going down swinging this year. The end of winter means anything but ski doldrums in the Pacific Northwest. It means the start of something altogether new: volcano corn season.  

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Paradise Thumb Tour

By Halle | Published: April 14, 2008

Ralph, Pat and I did a familiar tour on Mt. Hood a little differently this weekend. A while back Ralph suggested that instead of doing the tour in typical car-to-car fashion we should leave a car at the Paradise trail head, walk the mile or so to highway 26 and then thumb it to Timberline [...]

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