Red Mountain

Did a (gasp!) hike on Saturday, scrambling Red Mountain, a peak just east of Snoqualmie Pass. Great views from the top, and a quick trip to get ahead of some weather coming in and show up in time for my dinner plans. Drove Amy's sweet new Prius up there. Love that car.

Mt. Adams SW Chutes

Here's a quick video of a trip I took yesterday (July 12). Takes about 5 1/2 hours to drive to Mt. Adams, some of it along the Columbia River. I left camp at 5:30 a.m., and got the false summit, where my ski run starts, at 11 a.m. Beautiful, almost windless conditions. Skiied a long gully off the false summit. Skiing was OK. Not great. All told, it was probably a 10 mile rountrip. See everyone this week!

My ski bench

Put this little thing together in the last couple days. Materials only cost $60 or so, and I found a pretty simple plan on the Web. Still have all my fingers.

Next step is to get some vices and such so I can tune skis. Good thing to do on a rainy holiday weekend.

Certainly not up to Bertram/Dudley standards, but not bad for a desk jockey.

July 4 on the Ridge

Due to some seriously iffy weather (clouds/rain/thunderstorms), I'm hanging around here this weekend, cleaning the garage, doing some trail running and getting started on a workbench. The usual fireworksfest on the Ridge didn't disappoint. I imagine tonight will bring more of the same.

June 28: Interglacier again

Trying to get my legs ready to climb/ski Adams, I decided to do Interglacier again. Beautiful weather and the best snow I've had in this particular area. Usually the snout of the glacier is mucky, sticky skiing, but not today. Fantastic from top to bottom.