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  1. #1
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    TR: Volcano Tour 2017

    Checked Out the Cascades for the first time this May. First on the list was Mt. Lassen.

    NE Face Mt. Lassen, 5-21-17

    Left the Devastated Area a little before 6 AM.

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    The NE Face

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    First look at Shasta. It's big...

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    Lassen NP

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    Summit!

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    One summit down


    Then we skied perfect corn all the way down the NE Face. So good!

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    It was very good

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    Goodbye Lassen

    Then it was on to Mt. Shasta.

  2. #2
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    Trinity Chutes, Mt. Shasta, 5-22-17

    We camped near Bunny Flat and started skinning around 3 AM. Bunny Flat was HOT when we started, not even close to freezing. But by the time we reached around 9,000' the snow was rock solid.

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    Shasta casts a long shadow

    We made good time up to Thumb Rock.

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    Thumb Rock Panorama

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    Misery Hill here we come!

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    I see the top

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    We arrived at the summit to blue skies and no wind.

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    We then made our way over to the top of the Trinity Chutes.

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    Looking down the Trinity Chutes

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    Pretty much perfect corn from the top of the Trinity Chutes all the way to Bunny Flat!

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    Last look at Shasta

    Then we drove towards Oregon.
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  3. #3
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    We took a "rest day" and skinned Bachelor before continuing on towards Hood.

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    Mt. Hood, 5-25-17

    It was a beautiful morning to climb to the top of Oregon.

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    Approaching the Crater

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    Heading up the Pearly Gates

    Cooper Spur looked great but was too firm. We skied the Old Crater Route instead.
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    Great skiing back to the bottom. All in all it was an excellent introduction to the Cascades. Can't wait to get back to ski the rest!

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    Last edited by Ted26; 06-14-2017 at 12:21 PM.

  4. #4
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    Looks like a great trip! Hard to beat perfect weather and corn harvest on the Volcanoes. Cooper Spur lookin sick, drool drool. I want that.
    "The skis just popped me up out of the snow and I went screaming down the hill on a high better than any heroin junkie." She Ra

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    Fun pics. Come back with Tone and we'll ski some of the Warshintun cones.

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    Great.

    One of these days

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    Nicely done. Yet another of the several hundred skiing things I still need to do.
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  8. #8
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    Wow, you got the perfect weather window, not too mention near perfect snow conditions. My last attempt at Cascade volcanoes was clouds and rain the whole time.

    I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...
    iscariot

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    Nice Trip Report. Way to get after it

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    Badass, great pics.

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    Awesome pics.

  12. #12
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    Those pics of the NE face of Mt. Lassen look incredible!

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