Burroughs Mt., Sunrise, Mt. Rainier July 6th, 2011

Brian and Ava Izdepski leaving Sunrise.


Rainier and Little Tahoma peaking through the clouds behind 1st Burroughs.


Approaching the saddle at Frozen Lake.


From the slope leading to 1st Burroughs.


The Emmons Glacier from the summit plateau on 1st Burroughs.


Brian on 1st Burroughs.

Ingalls and Longs Passes, June 25th, 2011

Pineapple Pass from Alpental, June 6th, 2011

The skintracksnowshoeboottread highway.


Dan at the entrance to the Great Scott Bowl.
Snow Lake Divide behind.


The view north while approaching Pineapple Pass.
The white lump at upper left is Glacier Peak.


Anita entering the Great Scott Bowl on the way to Pineapple Pass.


The view south from Pineapple Pass.
Silver Peak on the left and the Big R beyond.


The Tooth (and its satellite spires) with Bryant Peak, and then Chair Peak, in the distance from Pineapple Pass.

Kendall Peak Lakes, May 1st, 2011

On the road to Kendall Peak Lakes.






Kendall Peak and the bowl that holds the lakes.






Rainier and Silver Peak


The Alpental Valley. Chair Peak is the pointy one in the upper middle.

Looking east to Kachess Lake and Mt Margaret.

Windy Pass, March 27th, 2011

Brian and I went up to do a portion of the Mt Catherine Loop. We started from the top of Silver Fir chair and after a sidetrip up and down a little slope above Rockdale Bowl I had eyed from the back side of Hyak the week before, we headed out Ripsaw and up to Windy Pass. Brian continued on the circuit, while I played around with my new XCD skis on the slopes of Windy Acres.

Granite Mt. from the Rockdale Bowl Viewpoint.


From the top of the little slope above Rockdale Bowl. Grand Junction/Rockdale lake below.


The little slope. Brian is in there somewhere.


The exit from the bottom of the little slope onto Ripsaw.

Windy Acres from Windy Pass. Silver Peak is obscured by clouds.

Summerland, Mt Rainier, August 6th, 2010

I went up to Chinook Pass the day before my birthday and climbed Yakima and Naches Peaks.
I spent the night somewhere along Crystal Mt Blvd and then hiked in to Summerland on my birthday (August 6th)to find some turns.

Panhandle Gap to Goat Cirque


The view of Little Tahoma with Rainier behind, from Summerland.


The view leading toward Panhandle Gap and Goat Cirque. I skied a couple of laps on the slope in the middle of the picture, and then continued on down to where this picture was taken.


My birthday present to myself. A high mileage-to-turns ratio, but then it was a nice day in a very pretty place.

Silver Peak, June 12th, 2010

Kevin and I went to ski east of the crest, but the late spring conditions, and high avy danger almost everywhere, pushed us up onto the crest and a trip up Silver Peak.

Skinning up to ridge via the north basin.

A series of turns on the west side...