[Jim Dockery]

Shred and I spent Memorial day weekend cruising around The Forbidden Tour in the North Cascades. Not the best downhill skiing (mostly touring and traversing with a big pack) but the scenery can't be beat. If we would have been more ambitious we could have done some very challenging side trips, but just doing the tour plus Eldorado at the end was enough for me.

Day One:

Day Two:

Day 3:


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[Yana]

We were wondering where that traverse went. We saw you guys from afar a few times. 

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[Don]

Excellent images Jim!  I especially like Eldorado from the Klawatti vicinity - a favorite area of mine.  Your light was much better than I had.

How was the Morraine Lake up close, and the difficulty climbing out of it?

Finally, might those "Climbers on Klawatti" be NWHikers? 

[BigSteve]

Cool.   

[fwb2]

Beautiful images.  Kept seeing you on the weekend and wishing I was on my skis.  Was thinking about you guys with skis and boots hanging out with the scrub and then the narrow tree notches on the way down.

[iron]

i need to learn how to ski... 

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[Karen²]

Very nice!  You always post such quality images, no matter where you go.  That sunrise shot of Johannesberg is not an easy one with the high contrast of light and shadow.  Bravo!

[Jim Dockery]

Don, the lake was easy to ski acoss still well frozen, although I was glad to get off it. Climbing out of the hole is tricky, but not hard - just some scrambling up loose gravely slopes for about a hundred feet to a snow covered bench that you traverse over to the Inspiration glacier (as per Volken's guide).

Karen, I under exposed the shots on the Johannesburg sunrise a couple stops, but the summit was still a bit too bright, so a touch of lowering the highlights in the highlights and shadows adjuster in Photoshop did the trick.

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[Layback]

Looks like a stellar weekend.  Fabulous photos as always.  I really like the perspective you used in "Skiing Inspiration glacier".

[mike]

Eldorado sure looks nice from that side.

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...and the Drumheller stock ranch alongside Crab Creek ... gave me the name I always afterward called the unique labyrinth, the Drumheller Channels...  J Harlan Bretz 1923

[puzzlr]

It seems like when you can ski there are no boundaries -- I'd love to be that mobile.

[Matt]

Gorgeous photos, Jim.
I especially like the hues of the sunset and sunrise photos of Eldorado.

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[BirdDog]

Stunning set of photos, Jim. Very nice!

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[Shred]

As always Jim, the pictures look Great!
What a great place to spend a bit of nice weather!
The only problem is, its Wed. and I am still having a hard time getting out of "Traverse Mode" 

[wildernessed]

You guys are definitely having more fun than a human should be allowed.

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