Spray Park, Mt. Rainier, July 20-21st, 2013

 The entrance to Spray Park.

 The beginning of continuous snow.

 Approaching the Flett Glacier.

Kevin at the top of the Flett Glacier.

 Me, skiing the Flett Glacier.

Kevin, skiing the Flett Glacier.

Mother Mt, for our bivy spot.

 The Flett Glacier, and Observation Rock, from our bivy spot.

 Mt. Rainier, peeking out from behind Observation Rock.

 Flett Glacier, and the Flett Glacier Headwall.

Kevin, skinning toward the Flett Glacier Headwall.

 The Flett Glacier Headwall is steep.

 On the way out.

Vesper Peak, June 9th, 2013

 

Crossing the S fork of the Stillaguamish was trivial.

 Kevin transitioning to skins, with Wirtz basin in the fog.

 Lower Wirtz Basin and clearing conditions.

 Upper Wirtz Basin beginning to clear.

Brian booting in upper Wirtz.

 Kevin skinning toward the couloir.

Booting up the couloir.

Looking down the couloir.

 Morning Star Peak from the top of the couloir.

Vesper Peak from the top of the couloir.

The outlet of Lake Elan, with Vesper Peak beyond.

Panorama of Morning Star and Sperry Peaks.

 The Lake Elan basin.

 

Brian and Kevin enjoying the view of Wirtz Basin.

Wirtz Basin and Sperry Peak, from the road.

Fortune Mt and SE Bowl, May 19th, 2013

 The view of Fortune Mt and the SE Bowl from a trip to Longs Pass in 2011.

The SE Bowl from the entrance.

 Kevin skinning into the bottom of the bowl.

 The view from the bottom of the bowl.

 The access to the south ridge was through these trees.

Kevin, gaining the ridge.

 The view up the ridge.

 Kevin, skinning high on the ridge.

 The view of the bowl from the top of the ridge.

The summit of Fortune.

 Kevin, after dropping in.

The view of east Esmerelda Peak and points south from the halfway point down the bowl.

Skyline Ridge, Feb 17th, 2013

 The flats just before Skyline Lake.

 Looking at Lichtenberg during a rare clearing from the ridge summit above Moonlight Basin.

 Brian and a splitboarder he hooked up with through TAY. (I can't remember his name.)

 I stopped to take  picture of my line, and Brian poached it.

 Skinning up to Tye Peak after skiing our first run of the day.

 We skied this after lunch.

 Cornices on the final approach to the summit of Tye Peak.

 Brian eating lunch as the high point of the ridge appears out of the clouds.

 Our first run, from the summit of the right-hand summit, down through the trees.

 Our tracks off of Tye Peak.

 Continuing down from Tye Peak.

 Our line down from Tye Peak from the skin track heading back toward Skyline Lake The gladed area dropping down and right from beneath the summit provided 1000 feet of boot top to knee deep powder over a solid crust.

Traversing the final ridge section before dropping into Moonlight Basin.

Moonlight Basin. Three-quarters of this descent was pure fun. The last quarter was skiing styrofoam blocks through narrow corridors between thickets of tight trees. I fell down most of that section.