Chair Peak North Ridge - 1/28/2010
Posted By: ilookeddown in Alpine Lakes
Trip: Chair Peak North Ridge -
Date: 1/28/2010
Trip Report:Monika and I went to try and ski a line off the north ridge of Chair Peak. We started from Alpental and headed up toward Source Lake. We made it up to Chair Peak Basin in about an hour. We climbed up and over the notch where it became very windy. We traversed under the north face of Chair to a lower summit (5,919ft). We were hoping to ski the NE face down to Chair Lake but we found travel too exposed to attempt with the gear we had. We changed our plan and skied the SE face down to Snow Lake. It ended up being a 1,900 ft line. Snow was very wind affected most of the way down. The last 500ft was great powder. We skinned across Snow Lake then up and over the divide and back down to Source Lake then back to Alpental. The distance was about 6 miles with 3,300ft of elevation gain. Good tour but not what we were hoping to accomplish today.
Moniak traversing the North side of Chair
Monika with Snow Lake Below
Moniak With Chair Peak
Me
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Monkia on her way down to Snow Lake
Moniak Near Snow Lake
Gear Notes:Touring stuff
