March 10, 2010
This day far exceeded our expectations. That's the nice thing about having low expectations: when it's awesome, it feels really, really awesome. There was about a foot or so of really high quality powder on upper elevation NW facing slopes and nobody around but Eric and myself. The day started out a little grey, but by the afternoon it was full-on bluedbird. Score.
March 10, 2010 from Preston Few on Vimeo.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Chiwaukum Ridge, The Swath
Feb. 27, 2010
"The Swath" is probably one of the most distinctive avalanche paths and obvious ski runs around these parts. You can't miss it when driving east on Hwy. 2 from Leavenworth as it cuts an unmistakable scar on one of the peaks of Chiwaukum Ridge, falling 4,000 feet to the valley floor.
With this years lack of low elevation snowpack, "only" the top 2,700 feet were in, but on this day it was deep, sluffy powder snow.
As we were heading up, another party arrived with a snow machine and motored past us on the approach, and then set a steep skin track up the trees, so there was no trail breaking for us; probably a good thing since we were pretty tired at our high point!
THE SWATH from Preston Few on Vimeo.
"The Swath" is probably one of the most distinctive avalanche paths and obvious ski runs around these parts. You can't miss it when driving east on Hwy. 2 from Leavenworth as it cuts an unmistakable scar on one of the peaks of Chiwaukum Ridge, falling 4,000 feet to the valley floor.
With this years lack of low elevation snowpack, "only" the top 2,700 feet were in, but on this day it was deep, sluffy powder snow.
As we were heading up, another party arrived with a snow machine and motored past us on the approach, and then set a steep skin track up the trees, so there was no trail breaking for us; probably a good thing since we were pretty tired at our high point!
Jason and Eric getting ready to drop in.
There were some concerns of buried surface hoar, so we tried to be careful on the descent, which turned out to be pretty epic. One of the best runs of the year.
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