Colchuck Lake/Assblaster Pass

[TeleRoss]

Sky and I skied up to Assblaster Pass on Sunday. Heavy amounts of snow all the way from the Stuart Lake TH. Conditions on the lower trail consisted of variable crusts to deep unconsolided snow making for arduous trail breaking.

The north face of Dragontail is looking sweet as well as the TC's. we skied up to Assmblaster Pass in increasing heavy winds. At and above the pass the wind was blowing so hard it was difficult to not get blown over. Gusts were probably 100+mph and combined with all the blowing snow visibility was very difficult at times. We had hoped to ski off Dragontail but decided just to ski from Asgaard pass.

There is a ton of snow up there. Most of it above the lake is severely wind affected and in areas there are unstable windslabs.

[Chad_A]

Thanks much for the update. Looks like a good winter in the Cascades this year (hopefully)

[Gary_Yngve]

We were up near the Three Brothers yesterday. Not quite as gusty (maybe 40mph), but the skiing was excellent. Hard to believe that Blewitt Pass was bare a year ago.

[L0ngpause]

Sounds like some wind. So..was it a fun ski or what?

[catbirdseat]

You guys sure make a lot of noise.

[skykilo]

Caveat dormior

 

That was pretty quiet for us. Making noise is fun, especially when you eschew sleep to ski all night.

[DirtyHarry]

did you guys take a sled up to Mtneers Crk TH or ski? \

 

Nice work, BTW.

[skykilo]

We skied it all. There was a nice sled track to the Mountaineers Ck TH though; it made for easy kick-and-glide up the road.

[TeleRoss]

Coming right off the pass was like skiing with someone hosing you in the face with a sand blaster....felt great.

[L0ngpause]

Cool! Nice Job!

[pms]

Three Brothers sounds good too. Where did you park G?