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Trip: Washington - Cascades

 

Date: 4/19/2012

 

Trip Report:

With the change of weather and me starting grad school, I think I can say winter has ended for me. Looking back I had almost seven months of touring in new snow with new and old friends. Here is a quick look back at my 2011-12 winter. Thanks to all my ski partners. Thankfully we still have lots of snow up here in the PNW, so here's to a good spring and summer of touring.

 

This season, as with most ski trips, started in a parking lot, with gear on the ground, drinking a beer, waiting for weather to clear

 

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Followed of course by copious amounts of skinning

 

Sometimes early season conditions existed

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Other times the skin track was deep

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We would skin in stormy weather

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But then the weather would start to clear...

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And the views, like always, were spectacular

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Some Mornings we would start early...

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But as the soon as the sun started to come up...

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It was all worth it...

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Once at the top we could celebrate

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And enjoy the fruits of our labor

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Eye future goals...

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There is always those few moments where you are taking everything in before you drop in...

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But we came up here for a reason...

 

Early season corn?

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early season pow

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skiing couloirs

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skiing new areas

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or returning to old favorites

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Hope everyone had a good season...always happy to ski with new and old friends. If you see me out there say hi. I usually have an extra beer in my pack

 

 

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the author, probably telling some bad story or joke

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Really awesome pictures Kevin. Thanks for skiing with this noob at Alpental and picking up all my shit after that faceplant/yard sale... best of luck in school too.

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you guys are the best

 

drep, these longs boring nights at work aren't the same. were you driving a vrfa rig tuesday evening in i90/18? and when can i get my sunglasses back?

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