Monitor Pass - 4 Part TR With Dog Stoke

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Monitor Pass, Part 1, May 1, 2011

After hiking up behind the fire lookout on Leviathan Peak with Penny we headed down.
Here you can see Penny following in my tracks:



Mrs. Vets and Makisha were crosscountry skiing up from the bottom.
Makisha joins in:


Penny:


Penny and Makisha follow on the traverse out:


Penny on the drive down:


We would return a week later to ski the other side of the road.

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Monitor Pass, Part 2, May 8, 2011

I start down off of the ridge while Makisha starts up:


I ski down another ridge and Penny and Makisha get ready to join in:


Penny and Makisha:


I look for a line down while Makisha plots an intercept course:


Makisha and Penny on the drive back down:


We would return two weeks later.

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Monitor Pass, Part 3, May 22, 2011.

Just one picture.

I skied both sides.

We would return two weeks later during the first week of June.

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Monitor Pass, Part 4, June 5, 2011.

Skiing on the lower front side of Leviathan Peak:


Makisha coaches me on angulation on the backside of Leviathan Peak:


Penny in the foreground. Leviathan Peak and Fire Lookout in the background:


Tracks on the frontside:


We are very fortunate to live only half an hour away from Monitor Pass.