AlpineK Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Trip: Silver Peak East Face - Central Cascades Date: 1/27/2008 Trip Report: I've skied a lot around the Snoqualmie Peak area, but I've never spent much time in the backcountry just south of the pass. A few weeks back a group of us skied up Mount Catherine and we had a fun decent. At the time we looked over at Silver Peak and Tinkham. Given the avalanche conditions this year we figured there was some good tree skiing to be had here. On Sunday Jan 27th Cman, JH, and I drove up to the Hyak Ski Area. From there we headed out the Cold Creek road to Twin Lakes and then up to Windy Pass. From the pass we skied up the NE ridge. We had a tricky bit just below the summit ridge, but everything worked out fine for us. Here's a map of the area. Cman and JH just below the main summit ridge just after the crux of the route. We headed out the ridge and got to a point where a nice gladed chute dropped down to Twin Lakes. The summit just wasn't worth it, and the run down to Twin Lakes looked really good. Photo down our decent with Catherine and Lake Keechelus in the background Tinkham Peak from our high point The run down to Twin Lakes was fantastic with about 8" of nice powder. Twin Lakes is a super spot with nice views of Tinkham through the noble firs and mountain hemlocks. View towards Tinkham After we left the lake we had a tricky time finding the best route back to the groomed XC trail, but it all worked out. All and all a super day. Gear Notes: Skis boots and poles. Avy transceivers are nice. Approach Notes: The round trip is just over 10 miles. The ski area has all these signs up about about required XC passes. At about 1.5km they do have a sign stating that it is an open road for all backcountry skiers. There is another sign where we left the trail stating the need for a pass. We managed to work around the requirements. Quote
spicoli11 Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Nice .. We were up there last week and dropped the other way off that ridge to the west down steep chutes and glades. You rarely see anyone on that aspect of silver. Quote
AlpineK Posted January 29, 2008 Author Posted January 29, 2008 We saw a few tracks on that side. Quote
pope Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Way to get after it. We've seen probably fewer than 10 trip reports in the last 2 months! Enjoyed your post. Quote
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