A glorified backpacking trip to round out skiing the Washington volcanos. The ski descent was pretty mediocre, but it was otherwise cool to check out the changing season on Washington’s most remote volcano.

Fast, easy, mindless trail miles

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Breaking above the treeline

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This is just backpacking at this point

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Our first view of Glacier Peak once you jump around Marmot Knob

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Yummy suncups on isothermal snow that never refroze in the night

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Good morning GP!

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Flat skinning with the gentle slopes of Kololo behind

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Rainier!

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Mother Nature’s groomed green ski run

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The very runneled Cool Glacier Headwall - next time

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No summit views pictured since they don’t translate here that well. Onto the ski back where snow was a bit mushy...

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Grabby...

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And hard to turn on...

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But the views more than made up for it

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Had to put the skins back on - not the single ski run that I dreamed of when I think of a volcano

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Notes

• This was probably ~35 miles and ~11000 feet of vertical gain over two days.
• Next time, go over the ridge of White Mountain as there will still be snow to ski down versus walking the summer trail.