Like waking up in a powder dream.
Window frame view of Corbin Peak through the trees.
The marvelous, imposing Ice Cliff Glacier.
Kaleetan is so cool!
Wide reaching views of incredible Titcomb Basin.
Evening light on Seneca Lake and Mount Lester.
Eldorado and Moraine Lake 4000 ft below.
Skinning towards the base of Chair Peak.
Looking out across the Neve Glacier.
Our first view of Grassy Mountain, a total skier’s playground.
Skinning across upper Melakwa Lake.
The magnificent Holy Diver.
Bryant Peak and couloir on the right.
Looking up to Table Mountain.
Wandering up the Asulkan Valley.
Kylie checks out the view of Chiwaukum Lake from the top.
Northeast to the Gardeners.
Looking northeast from the summit towards the Redoubt-Spickard group.
Snow blowing across the summit of Tye Peak.
Winter Descending on the Coleman Icefall and Mt. Baker.
Rainier, Chimney Rock, and Overcoat.
Dorado Needle, Snowfield Peak, and endless mountains in a sea of clouds.
Epic clouds curling over the north ridge.
Full view of the Cabin Creek Valley.
Along the trail at Gem Lake.
West into the heart of the Glacier Peak Wilderness.
Frozen Colchuck Lake and Dragontail Peak.
Looking north across the Tetons.
Some bare ice on the Butterfly Glacier.
Beautiful lighting show with clouds engulfing the Tatoosh.
Kylie climbs up long snowfields.
Gazing out into the wilderness.
Fog crawls over the Snow Lake Divide.
The return trip from Grassy Hut.
Daniel leads us across the flat glacier.
The Gunsights to Sinister.
Brant skis next to the Pterodactyl before entering the large bowl beneath it.
A snow-covered Enchantment Basin.
Still a stunning color combination.
Rainier poking between Kaleetan and Roosevelt.
Perfection!
Mt. Baker shines from Herman Saddle.
Swirling clouds around Lichtenberg.
Kanyon and Connor ascend into the heavens.
Silver Star looms to the north.
Getting closer…
One last look at Baker.
Jacob finishes the last few steps to the false summit.
Mighty Shuksan with a backdrop of bubbly clouds.
Soft turns through gladed trees near Snow Peak.
Cathedral Rock, Peggy’s Pond, and Mt. Stuart in upper right.
Looking up at Cheops near Rogers Pass, BC.
Jacobs descends from Dragontail towards Aasagrd Pass.
Chair and Kaleetan dominate the Snoqualmie Backcountry.
Looking across to Snow Peak from Sherman Peak.
Olympus and the incredible Blue Glacier.
Perfect steps up a perfect peak.
Views eastward from the true summit.
Broken clouds above our high camp on Baker.
Chimney Rock is so cool!!!
Staring down the awesome Lynch Glacier to Pea Soup Lake.
Windlip on the ridge.
Morning view of Mt. Rainier from Paradise.
One last look back at Eldorado.
Gannet Peak, highest point in Wyoming, from Bonney Pass.