White Pine Peak - North Chutes 3/15/2008
Trip: White Pine Peak - North Chutes
Date: 3/15/2008
Trip Report:JH and I had a nice day of skiing just south of HWY 2. I didn't have a topo, so I just had to go off memory on the route. Also I believe the peak is not labeled on the map, so the peak may just be a point above White Pine Creek.
I'd skied this peak once before in '06 with Rat and tanstaafl . At the time it seemed like a pretty cool descent with both tree skiing and a big open chute off the summit.
Here's a picture of the face.
The approach is on a flat road that you follow till you see a thinned track that loggers cut in the failed hopes of making money off timber.
Uptrack
Eventually you get into uncut timber past the cut. There are nice views of the surrounding mountains.
Rock Mountain
We got up to a high point near the summit. We could have summited, but the wind drift was depositing new snow on the NE face we wanted to ski and we worried a bit about avy danger. We decided to head down.
Our high point with a view of the summit.
From here we had a super descent down the edges of the big chute.
A couple shots looking back at the descent.
From here the chute necks down to a gully. You might be able to ski it this year, but in general it was better to finish the face on a logging road.
All in all a fun day.
Gear Notes:Skis
Approach Notes:Send me a PM for details.
