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[TR] Mount Ann - The Path of Powder 1/2/2017


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Trip: Mount Ann - The Path of Powder

 

Date: 1/2/2017

 

Trip Report:

I've noticed that there is a dearth of the fresh summit views on the site of late. That's to be expected, of course, given the season, but we do live in a remarkable neck of the woods with year-round peak-bagging opportunities. Take Mount Ann, for example. It is nothing much to look at in summer, not much more than a bump on the ridge south of the trail to Lake Ann and the Fisher Chimneys. In winter, however, it is transformed into a fine ski outing with great fall line descents and hard to match views of Mount Shuksan in its rime-encrusted splendor.

 

The crowds of summer disappear and you have the powder, views, and valley to yourselves......

 

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Gear Notes:

The full backcountry ski kit. No need for whippet or axe.

 

Approach Notes:

skis, naturally

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Thanks again to Jason for your photos; skied this yesterday and the inspiration was this very trip report.  Snow conditions were not as stellar as they appear to have been here; but what an insanely nice day.  Beautiful views, good company, not another soul seen after we left Austin Pass, and soooooo warm!  The only time I wore a jacket all day was on the downhill.

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Current conditions as of 1/1/2018 on Mount Ann - Wicked Sick.....

How is is that we are the first up after days of no precip?

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The cornices didn't all fall during the rain:

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I never have the energy to go over there:

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Komo Kulshan:

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An OK backdrop to the final skin to the summit:

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The rain certainly caused a bit of a cycle in the Baker Backcountry:

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Thanks for another good day Mount Ann!

 

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