Oct 25, Day Numero Uno - 2012/13 Season

Woohoo!  What a great day to start the season!  Headed to Paradise on Mt. Rainier with Greg Louie, Frank Neuman and Elissa Eng.  It was snowing lightly as we geared up in the parking lot.  We had just enough snow to put our skis on in the parking lot(5400ft.), and start heading towards Camp Muir elev. 10,800ft.   About Pebble Creek(7,200ft) we started to break out of the cloud layer and pretty soon I was wearing a t-shirt as we skinned up the Muir snowfield in glorious sunshine, with Mt. Adams poking its head out of the cloud layer to the south of us.    A group of 4 skiers had broken trail ahead of us, and provided an easy skintrack to follow all the way to Muir.  We made good time to Muir and took a quick lunch break.  We soon started to cool off in the crisp clear air, and it was time to start skiing!  Whew, good turns.  I think we were all in agreement that the turns below Camp Muir were about as good as we had experienced on Rainier.  It was great day to hook up with friends and start the season with a bang.  It's hard to not ski the Muir snowfield and not be blown away by the amazing views.

Elissa, Frank, and Greg.  Our destination, Camp Muir is on the shoulder of Rainier
 in the upper right portion of this picture.



Frank with Mt. Adams in the distance




Frank at Muir




Elissa leads the charge




Elissa



Greg



Greg




Frank cranking out the powder turns

Kevin



Whew!  lot's of turns.




Mt. Adams in the distance



Greg


Elissa



Frank


Greg



Elissa



Greg


Frank


Kevin

Oct. 15, Spy Photo - Greg Louie

You know it's getting close to ski season when you spot a photo of your favorite ski partner working the yoga moves.  I better get serious about getting in shape.  Looks like Greg is way ahead of me..

Greg Louie - watch out for the banana.

Oct. 4, Crystal Mt. loop

Hooked up with Ellie B for a Crystal lap.  Trail was in surprisingly good shape for having no rain.  Sandy sections were better than they are in August.  Views of Rainier were great.    The ski area employees looked like they were hard at work getting ready for our upcoming ski season.



Ellie rides the dirt on Lucky Shot.
Hopefully we will be back on skis soon.