ajpederson Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Trip: Red Mountain - Standard Date: 3/18/2012 Trip Report: Matt and I decided to head up Red Mountain this last weekend. Neither of us had been all the way up it yet for some reason, so we decided to give it a go. Weather was nice leaving the parking lot and we headed up the basin. The bridge looked a little tricky, luckily we didn't have to cross it. We then headed up the ridge up Red Mountain. The skinning wasn't too bad, a little deep, but not impossible. View of Guye Peak from the way up. As we got a little higher and the terrain steepened the skinning got harder. It was about 6" of new snow on top of a crust layer. The skins kept slipping out on the crust layer so we just decided to kick steps up the last steep bit to the summit. Summit, getting ready to ski down. The clouds blew in just as we were getting to the top. We ate a quick lunch and the clouds cleared just as we were getting ready to ski down. Me, part way down Red. The skiing down was great up high, then through some heavier stuff, then the standard tree mess to get out of the basin and back to the car. It was a great day for some skiing. All pictures were taken by Matt. Here's a link to a few more. Gear Notes: Skis, and a Matt to break trail. Approach Notes: Up the basin, then up the ridge. Was hoping that going Sunday would mean there was a skin track the whole way up, but no such luck. Quote
cascadesdj Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Looks like a good time. Red is one of my favorite summer scrambles and I do it regularly. I've never done it in winter--too freaked about avalanches. Did you dig a pit? How stable did conditions seem? Nice vid on the link! Thanks. Quote
ajpederson Posted March 22, 2012 Author Posted March 22, 2012 Didn't dig a pit, but did some smaller checks and kept an eye on everything as we were going up. Conditions were pretty stable. The only thing that was moving was the newest few inches of snow on top of a crust layer that we would scrape off with our skis. Quote
LukeShy Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) Nice work, I guess that it was more successful this time since their were no accidental front flips or sliding down slopes backwards. Edited March 23, 2012 by LukeShy Quote
ajpederson Posted March 22, 2012 Author Posted March 22, 2012 Nice work, I guess that it was more successful this time sice thetr were no accidental front flips or sliding down slopes backwards. Yeah, apparently Matt learned how to ski, and Niki didn't come this time. Quote
Ian in Seattle Posted April 4, 2012 Posted April 4, 2012 Nice TR. Back on Feb 5 we did this as a mixed snowshoe and hike, my TR posted at NW hikers (link below). We saw a lot of skiiers on that day, clearly much faster and more fun than our slog. http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7997306 Quote
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