AlpineK Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) 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. Edited March 17, 2008 by Feck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 the chute is also known as "the funnelator" or "the lawnmower", depending on which group of locals you talk to. parking for this area will likely become a problem. the road is plowed by the church camp (not the usfs) for their winter use. don't block it. oh, and they certainly made money off that partial cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilookeddown Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Weather looked great. Much better than the Snoqualmie Pass death fog at times over the weekend. Glad you got some good turns in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Nice Kurt, seems like you been getting out a bit on the boards. I am jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Weather looked great. Much better than the Snoqualmie Pass death fog at times over the weekend. Glad you got some good turns in. After looking at the forecast it seemed like going east was the best way to get good visibility conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Sweet. That is fun skiing up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strumpett Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Great pictures, where are the action shots of you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm afraid I didn't get any action shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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