tanstaafl Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Trip: Hidden Lakes Peak - Date: 2/6/2010 Trip Report: HiddenLake120605-8adj.jpg Hiked/skied in to Hidden Lake Peak Lookout on Saturday and spent the night snuggled in at the most deeeluxe accomodation I've had in the BC, skied out on Sunday. View on Saturday were killer, views on Sunday were.....limited. The skiing was a C, maybe B-, but the destination was A+. (See fine photo by Mister Scurlock.) Gear Notes: Best to have skins that actually stick to your skis. Approach Notes: Road is open to the trailhead although a bit icy for the last couple hundred yards. Trail is snow-free or bootpack through the woods, skinning begins where it opens up to avy paths and meadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Glad you had a good weekend. That is a nice shelter, for Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 hah, someday I will come north and sample the high-end Canadian hut lifestyle, but this weekend the solitude of Hidden Lake Peak was just what I needed. Plus there were entertaining ledger entries from various cc.com posters, not to mention an array of heartbroken women writing multiple pages about the relationships they had supposedly come to the lookout to forget (the best of which ended with a wish that her ex would have ugly babies), a gentleman announcing that women who had climbed the peak might be worthy to climb into his bed and should contact him at a PO box in Marblemount, political commentary, entries ostensibly written by marmots, mushy entries by newly-engaged couples, etc. etc. good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 What was it 3 years ago and Sky looked down on Canadian huts. Now they're the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZTE Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Really liked the photos of the "Hidden" Lake Lookout. Barely an outline of the building peeking out of the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Miller Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 A very cool place to be in the winter, for certain. Especially overnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 What was it 3 years ago and Sky looked down on Canadian huts. Now they're the best. I recall no such thing. But I do plenty of 180s over similar periods. I love the huts up here, but I'll readily mock them compared to the shelters in the Alps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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