dberdinka Posted December 9, 2003 Posted December 9, 2003 While leaving work yesterday the full moon had just started rising to the east. The skies were mostly clear so I threw my ski gear in the car, called up a friend and headed up to the Mount Baker Ski Area. Left the parking lot at 8 PM, skinned and booted up the East Side of Table Mountain, then skinned across the long summit plateau. Beautiful views of Shuksan, Baker and the lights of Bellingham and Vancouver. Dropped into whats called Table Saddle then skied 1400' of rolling terrain on the north face. A layer of hoar frost over 6" of light pow on a soft base made for delicious skiing. Back to the car by 10:20 and home by midnight. Beautiful sunrise this morning, Today looks good too, get after it while you can. Full moons and clear skies seem to happen more often than not. Gonna try and make it a monthly ritual. Quote
Lowell_Skoog Posted December 9, 2003 Posted December 9, 2003 I've had two very memorable full moon ski experiences. One was skiing down from Camp Muir on the winter solstice by full moon. The other was camping out in Coleman basin (near dberdinka's trip) and skiing powder there in the middle of the night. In my opinion, full moon skiing is the finest experience possible in the mountains. If another full moon with good weather comes up, and you're looking for a partner to get out skiing for the night, please feel free to contact me. Quote
dberdinka Posted December 9, 2003 Author Posted December 9, 2003 You're on. Open invite, Wednesday January 7th. Quote
Lowell_Skoog Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Here's a photo I took during my Coleman Basin campout in November 2000. Except for the flash inside the tent, it's kind of hard to tell the difference between moonlight and daylight. I think you can see my snoozing partner's shadow in the lower left corner of the tent. Someday I'd like to get a skiing action picture by moonlight. Dream on... Quote
Lambone Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Nice photo Lowell, Did some full moon powder trips in Bozeman a while back...one on mushrooms....very surreal, highly recomended...you never realized fesh snow crystals reflect so many colors! Last year Fitz and I climbed Oregon Jack in the full moon, after driving 8 hours and drinking 20 Red Bulls each. It was pretty chalanging...but the next day was shot, just did a couple laps at Marble. Not a bad way to do it if you can't wait until saturday to climb! Quote
dbb Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 tried once, here's a pic Phil took, hand held digitally. couldn't help but get our butts out of the tent in the middle of the night when that moon came out. night skiing Quote
skykilo Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Moonlight skiing is da' bomb. Here is a picture of skiing the Roman Wall in alpenglow, before skiing the Coleman Glacier under beautiful moonlight, with the lights of Bellingham in the distance. The snow was really icy, but off the glacier we were treated to some nice wind-blown fresh in a few gullies. I regularly find myself even more awe-struck with the beauty of the mountains under moonlight than my normal levels of exhiliration. Quote
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