Taking advantage of a possible break in the forecast over the May long weekend, Stano Faban, Nick Elson, and I drove down to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. We hoped for good conditions to try a speed attempt and had heard that the Disappointment Cleaver route was in good shape, following a direct line[…]
Sometimes, despite extensive planning, you end up spending a day doing something entirely unexpected. One of the main reasons I hesitate to plan any ski trip in advance is how things change. Partners want to come or bail, avalanche conditions change with the weather, and travel is fast or slow depending on new snow. All[…]
I had several packages to pick up at the PO box in Blaine Washington and had to drive down but figured I might as well make the most of the trip by skiing something so invited Nick along for a short day. We decided on a speed run up the standard route on Mt. Baker.[…]
I just picked up a pair of Hagan Alpin skis for a ridiculous clearance price at MEC in Vancouver. They are 150cm long so a bit too short for racing and 70mm at the waist so not the lightest. They are not terribly heavy though (1202.46 gm without bindings according to the scale at school)[…]
We took advantage of the well entrenched, high-pressure system on Saturday and drove up to the Duffy Lake Road to ski the North Face of Slalok. We got an early start from Pemberton and hit the Joffre Lakes trailhead before 8:00. Travel up the lakes was tricky on skis with a hard freeze making the well[…]