Tamarack Peak

We started with 5, only 3 made it, but we found some excellent snow. Mary, Rick, Tim, Cole, and I set off this morning to Tamarack Peak. This was Cole's first backcountry experience and he's a Snowboarder/Snow Shoe, didn't quite make it to the top, so he and Mary skied back down to the cars. Rick, Tim, and I headed up to the top of Tamarack, decided to skip the main Hourglass Bowl as the top is really wind hammered, we followed the ridge along to the more east facing trees. First pitch was a bit tracked up, but still really nice snow. We then skated across the flats and skied another pitch through the trees. Great snow, found a nice little gully to follow. We then skinned back up to the ridge and skied the same great east facing trees that I skied the end of yesterday's tour. It's getting warmer out there, we'll see how the snow holds up, tomorrow I'm doing some resort skiing with friends (it's gonna kill me to ski resort runs knowing there's powder still out there :)

Tim

Rick

Rick and the view from the top of Tamarack Peak.