danhelmstadter Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Trip: Shuksan - summit pyramid & white salmon Date: 2/9/2010 Trip Report: Left the parking lot around 9, and skinned up the White Salmon under clear skies, the skin track from the previous day had mostly filled in, but conditions were easy enough to bust it back out. Clouds rolled in as I summited, but they were thin, and visibility was decent enough for the gully descent -- which provided fabulous ski conditions. The clouds blew by as I skiied down to the Curtis. I got the best turns of season on the White Salmon, ripper falline fattys, the pitch being just right -- so that slaying the fallline did not create a highspeed deathsluff. the focus on my camera broke -- so it's not as cloudy as it looks summit shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pms Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 WOW 4 days of something - this last one sounds fun. one question, this Mt. Shuksan ski area - is it anywhere near Baker Ski area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhelmstadter Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 the mt baker ski area is actually located on a feature of mt shuksan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMack Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I really enjoyed your Shuksan Chronicles. Thanks for sharing the stoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_like_sun Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 So up until now I didn't really realize that you can actually summit Shuksan from the ski area in one day! Did you head out from the top of chair 8? And how did you get back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhelmstadter Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 dropping down through the clear cut near the bottom of chair 8 into the white salmon valley is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw888888888 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Dan - found you! Haven't checked CC in a while, so this is a nice treat to see what you've been up to. Man, you are tearing it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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