[TR] Middle Sister, Camp Lake, May 28th & 30th 05

[Gaper_Jeffy]

Climb: Middle Sister-Camp Lake

 

Date of SKI: 5/28/2005 and 5/29/2005

 

Trip Report:

Our plan to ski the SE Ridge of Middle was thwarted by intense thunderstorms Saturday night, followed by rain and threats of more thunderstorms Sunday morning. We made one run above Camp Lake early Sun am in-between periods of rain, we found the snow surprisingly well-consolidated and of excellent skiing quality. We hiked out in the rain Sun morning. The views and the experience of a new area more the made up for the lack of skiing and being soaked.

 

Photos:

The views going into Camp Lake were spectaculor. They included, North Sister from the Southeast:

 

Middle Sister from the East:

 

Broken Top from the North:

 

We camped at Camp Lake, which has this amazing view of the Northeast of South Sister:

 

Around 6pm our camp was very rapidly engulfed in clouds:

 

This was soon followed by intense thunder, lightening, heavy rain and gusty winds. We took shelter in our tents.

 

We got up around 5am the next morning with a lull in the rain. It looked like more was on the way so we took just a short run above Camp Lake. Here was the view of the SE ridge from there:

 

We found the snow suprisignly conslidate, it was nice summer corn. Andy:

 

Ann:

 

Soon it was raining again. We headed out:

 

An interesting gauge of the amount of rain that fell was Squaw Creek. Here's the logs we used to cross on Sat afternoon:

 

 

Here's those same logs Sunday morning:

 

We will be back!

 

PS: There is a more verbose TR here on TAY.

 

Gear Notes:

SKIS SKIS SKIS SKIS

 

Approach Notes:

Find a friendly Sasquatch to carry your packs and skis.

 

 

PS: Am I suppose to post TRs in the Freshiezzone or in the Oregon Cascade forum? I like this forum the best.

[Camilo]

Damn Jeffy, nice work! I'd post a TR of my trip a little further south, but it consisted of taking too long to pack our shit, getting to camp late, getting pounded by a thunderstorm, and skiing out in the rain the next morning. All in all a good time in Gaper Timmy's neck of the woods.