April 7, 2012 - The Castle

A gem of a tour out of Narada Falls

Another weekend, another high pressure ridge in the northern pacific. Excellent stable weather for much of the northwest with temperatures in the 60s in Seattle and north facing slopes holding stashes of light fluffy snow. Time to hit the road! Nicole and I headed down to the Tatoosh range south of Paradise to seek out some shady snow. We toured out to the Castle and enjoyed plenty of sunshine, an excellent skin track, great turns and a day out in the woods largely to ourselves.

Great views to the north were had all day long

An excellent skin track laid all the way up to the col

The Castle! and beautiful open slopes beneath. Felt very alpine

Best tracks of the year off the Castle's NE shoulder

Nicole pondering the Castle

Dropping in

Plummer Peak. Great east facing slope might hold good snow for a while if its often cloudy in the mornings...

Topping out one last time with beautiful clouds rolling in

High wispy clouds started rolling in as Saturday afternoon rolled on