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PostSun Nov 22, 2020 9:49 pm 
Date: November 21, 2020 Distance: 10.6 miles Gross Elevation Gain: 3500 ft Humans Seen: a few lifted truck campers on the MF Teanaway Road Short and sweet trip report from the Teanaway to kick off BC ski season! I worked late Friday night building an extension to my home desk (might as well embrace the work from home life if this is going to last...) and I was convinced that I wasn't going to get out on Saturday because of the late night. So I slept in. But then when I got out of bed, the realization struck that it was going to be a long day of regrets and FOMO if I stayed in the city all day. So I scrambled to pack my ski gear and get out the door! But where to?? Luckily I keep a Caltopo map of winter accessible(-ish) spots so I picked one off the map and headed out to the Teanaway. I parked at the gate to the Middle Fork Teanaway road discover pass area because my CR-V didn't have clearance or the tires to make it very far on the unplowed road. If you've got a high clearance truck and some good winter tires, you're good - there were a bunch of people camping on the road. At noon, I started to skin the extra 1.5 miles of road. After crossing the creek, I left the road and headed straight uphill. There was not good snow coverage for quite some time. Below 4300' the sun was melting me into a puddle of sweat and I could have drank all of Lake Cle Elum to quench my thirst - good thing I only brought 1L of water. Once I got a little higher and the sun started to go down (at 2:30 pm rant.gif ) it was starting to get cooler but I was close to the top, so I pushed the last few hundred feet to the summit to be greeted by ... trees Huh? It turns out you have to go a bit further on the ridge to get the nice views of the Stuart Range and Jolly Mountain. But by this time, it was already pushing golden hour and I did not want to ski down the mess of barely covered downed trees in complete darkness. After snapping some pics, I headed back down. The skiing sucked, but hey, it was better than booting it! It got pretty fun when I got to ski down the crusty forest road by headlamp. I got back to my car at about 7pm.
B&W season is here
B&W season is here
Stuart Range
Stuart Range
If only I had enough daylight to actually ski down the powdery north face :(
If only I had enough daylight to actually ski down the powdery north face frown.gif
Rain-dog in the distance
Rain-dog in the distance
Sup Stuey?
Sup Stuey?
Lemah, you pointy beautiful bastard
Lemah, you pointy beautiful bastard

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PostSun Nov 22, 2020 10:40 pm 
Nice. It reminds me of an overnight on Yellow Hill in January 2009. There was a strong inversion and it was frosty cold on the road. It got warmer as we climbed, reaching 50˚ on top. I brought two sleeping bags but ended up sleeping on top of both part of the night.

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PostMon Nov 23, 2020 4:04 pm 
I'm glad you decided to get out! Good weather days like that are hard to come by this time of year, and are even more unlikely to coincide with a day off! That first black and white is captivating full screen. Nice trip! up.gif up.gif

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