Not many people know how extroadinary the Washington Cascades are. Heck, before I moved here I had no idea just how diverse and immense the Cascades were. Thankfully, I have a much better idea now… This was one of those perfect days of backcountry skiing, when everything aligns just right: deep snow, cold cloudless skies [...]
It’s been a tough year for backcountry skiing just about anywhere in the west. According to avalanche.org, there have already been 22 avalanche fatalities in the US and Canada. Not all of these were backcountry skiers, a couple were rock/ice climbers and almost half were snowmobilers. Here in the Pacific Northwest, our season was slow [...]
