Start date 20210618
End date 20210619
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Maybe snow will be good? ~4 miles up, ~2,500 ft gain, so 3 hours up. 1.5 hours down?

  • May 31 (Monday) – Got 1.2 miles from the trailhead, trail completely covered by snow, “crampons highly recommended”, didn’t see other people (but that was on a Monday)
  • June 11th – Currently ~2ft of snow still at the trailhead and parking is about ~1/2 mile from the TH.
  • June 13th – Had to park .8 miles from trail head due to snow . Trial was pretty much covered under snow please use offline map with gps

Satellite on 6/4…

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Forecast at 5,000 ft: Weekly | Hourly

Last updated 6/18 9:50 AM

Itinerary

Sunset is at 9:16 PM. 2:30 hr drive, ~3:00 hrs up, ~1:30 hrs down. Sunrise is 5:06 AM

  • Thursday
    • 2:15 PM – Leave home
    • 4:45 PM – At trailhead (~65 degrees, partly sunny)
    • 5:00 PM – Skinning up (3.5 miles, 2,500 ft gain)
    • 8:00 PM – At lookout
    • Sleep there (low 40’s)
  • Friday
    • 5:00 AM – See sunrise
    • 6:00 AM – Ski down (~45 degrees, sunny, hopefully snow has started to soften)
    • 7:30 AM – At car
    • 8:00 AM – Drive to Bellingham
    • 9:15 AM – In Bellingham (1:15 hr drive) – The Gray North Waffle Co opens at 8am and is open till 5pm
    • 1:00 PM – Head home (1:30 hr drive)
    • 2:30 PM – Home

Itinerary

2:15 hr drive, ~3:00 hrs up, ~1:30 hrs down

  • 3:00 AM – Leave home
  • 5:15 AM – At trailhead, get ready
  • 5:40 AM – Skinning up
  • 8:40 AM – At lookout
  • 9:10 AM – Ski down
  • 10:40 AM – Back at car
  • 11:00 AM – Drive to The Gray North Waffle Co (1:20 hr drive)
  • 12:20 PM – Eat waffles!