We woke at first light the next morning, shuffled a bunch of gear around, made sure we knew where our car keys were, and then loaded up heavy packs for the beginning of a great adventure. We talked to a party who had just gotten down from Eldorado and reported two feet of fresh snow and high winds! New snow is never good at this time of the year…įortunately, the sky and air dried out a bunch as we got over to Easy Pass and we settled down for the night under clear skies. It was dank and dripping in the lush valley. We all met up Friday afternoon and drove up the Cascade River Road to leave our first car. KJ drew up a very similar route, except we were going to do a slightly different start and exit and do some extra skiing around Mt. Lowell Skoog completed a very similar route, which he called “ The Logan High Route“, over a few attempts many decades ago. Since then, we have talked about doing a big Cascade ski traverse and this year, we narrowed in on the Easy Pass to Cascade Pass route. He had just finished a two week High Sierra ski traverse.
I first met KJ two springs ago on the Birthday Tour. It was the perfect way to cap off an incredible month of spring skiing. It was the most continuously scenic route I have ever done and more than made up for the marginal snow conditions. Over an extended four day Memorial Day Weekend, KJ, Silvia, Doug, and I skied from Easy Pass to the Cascade River Road across the Heart of the North Cascades. Day 4: Upper Horseshoe Basin to Cascade River Road.Day 3: Park Creek Pass to Upper Horseshoe Basin.Day 2: Spectacular Ridge to Park Creek Pass.
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