Tatoosh

After an amzing day at Baker, we decided to take it easy and head to the Tatoosh for the day. We arrived in the parking lot around 9:30am and made the treacherous skin up to the road. It was another cold and clear day and we didn’t expect to get a whole lot of skiing in. More a day to explore and just get out.

After skinning along the road, we made our way up the mountain, following a pre-existing skin track. The track headed looker’s left of where we normally go, but we decided to follow it anyways. Like I said, a day of exploration…

I mentioned to Trevor how Gunjan had criticized his photos of me, so the first open swath of powder we came to, Trevor insisted I get a quick ski in so he could snap a picture. After that, we crossed over a nice looking chute, but the wind had put a layer of crust on the snow and we were not sure how stable it was. We continued into an open bowl and decided to dig a pit to test the stability. It looked fairly stable, although there was a weak layer in between two layers of ice.

We headed back to the open area where I snagged a couple of turns and made a short but very nice descent down the relatively steep slope. After grabbing a quick bite to eat, we headed back down to the road and back to the car.