The last ski day of the season - one of the best days I’ve ever had in the mountains.

I was hoping we’d ski off the north side of Adams over this weekend but yea there is a good reason we don’t hear much from yonder in May, definitely too early. Thankfully Goat Rocks delivered on some decent corn.

Some weird conditions today, suncuppy at the bottom with little low elevation snowpack but the upper mountain wasn’t quite prime. Still a great day spending time here.

I missed the party last year on this line, so I was super thankful to make it out this year.

When we skied the Fuhrer Finger/Thumb, I noticed that the Wilson Headwall looked to be in pretty good condition so I had to go back for another line.

Having already skied the Fuhrer Finger but still wanting to ski Rainier, I thought the Fuhrer Thumb would be a safe compromise while still getting out with the peeps.

Ah man I don’t love repeating stuff, but I suppose this is probably the best tour from Cascade Pass.

This was one of the big outings I wanted to do in the Canadian Rockies and thankfully the weather finally started opening up at the end of our trip.

Probably the easiest 11000 peak in the Canadian Rockies with probably the best mountain views I’ve had in my life.

It wouldn’t be a trip with this group if not for doing off the beaten path. It’s always hard to get a sense of what’s feasible with the topo maps for Canada being low-res but it was cool to see a different part of the range.

Youngs Peak was the only objective I wanted to check out for my first time in the Asulkan Valley and I’m so glad the views and snow panned out, even if a bit short lived.

We’ve been staying at Golden BC for this trip since it’s in between Rogers Pass and the Canadian Rockies, but we actually have not ventured into the local resort. Although I’m not super fond of resort terrain usually, the mountains around Kicking Horse were pretty rugged and aesthetic! But like most of our trip so far, the snow left a lot to be desired.

We quickly learned about how finnicky the weather would be in the Selkirks/Rockies, so we shifted to something where the lack of visibility wouldn’t be the biggest deal. While the rock walls would help us see, the snow didn’t do us any favors on this day.

The same day after I headed up Fairview Mountain / Surprise Pass, the guys were a little antsy that I had bluebird skies despite the more pessimistic forecast they interpreted earlier. We decided to link up in the Canadian Rockies to do something in the afternoon.

I thought the weather looked decent today while the other guys did not so I went for a solo jaunt up to Fairview Mountain and doing the Surprise Pass loop. I think I was right about the weather haha.

For our first nice day at Rogers Pass, we decided to get up to the namesake Mount Rogers, the highest peak in this zone (at least north of the pass).

We had one of the worst starts to the seasonal snowpack with heavy atmospheric rivers throughout December (instead of snowfall) and the stoke was pretty low to begin with. However I have never been to this side of the Olympics nor have I seen Mount Olympus so I mustered whatever motivation I had to get out.

After gastronomically crashing out in NYC/DC for two weeks, I rallied for one last ski day this season. Some much overdue redemption for an earlier attempt in 2022 although it was one of the worst ski descents in my life quality wise lol. At least it was continuous!

This ski traverse going from Cascade Pass to Hwy 20 has long been on my bucket list so I was happy to get it done on an uncertain weather weekend. Some interesting ski conditions, but the views couldn’t be beat.

We were originally thinking about giving the Shuksan Sulphide route a go, but the guys needed to catch 7pm flight, one of whom needed to make it to a wedding the next day!