Van Epps

It was 50 degrees in Seattle on Saturday but it stayed cold east of the Cascade crest. We were hoping some of the snow from the storm the previous week would remain in tact and give us some good powder. We headed out to Van Epps and because of the low avy danger (thick rain crust under about 8" of unconsolidated powder) we skinned right up the gut.


The skiing was pretty good, light powder over the crust, which you could just barely feel underneath. A little avy debris in the path made it interesting, but all in all good skiing. After three skins up (1400' each) - I was ready to call it a day.



Aaron, never one to pass up an epic workout, convinced us to do another run. That last lap pushed me pretty good and as always I was happy to get back to the sleds at 5:30.