TR: Ruth Mtn, WA 7/6/08

[cbcbd]

Yesterday decided to take a day trip up to Ruth Mtn in the North Cascades, right next door to Mt Shuksan and Baker ski resort. Weather was overcast and on a better day the mountain would've looked like this:
http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=303775&context_id=150890

<4 miles of easy trails leads you to snow, the last 2000ft are easily skinnable, and were. The summit (7115') is a rocky point but you can basically ski 6' from the top without taking skis off until around 4200ish ft. Most of the ski on the summit cone is mellow, around 25 degrees, but there are some cornices and gullies that give some steeper shots into the 45 degree arena. Also, W and E of the ridge there were plenty of gully options that could've been taken that looked like tons of fun for future trips. Took me 4:40 to fumble to the summit, around half that to the car

steeper fun

Holly and dog

 

[awf170]

I hate you...

 

[Warp Daddy]

Wow GREAT shots -- looks like you had some pretty good conditions too !!!!!

 

[bvibert]

I hate you...

That's exactly what I was going to post, but then I remembered that saying about not saying anything if you don't have anything nice to say. Now that you've already said it somehow it seems okay now...

I hate you...

 

[severine]

I'm jealous!

 

[cbcbd]

Haha, you folks are funny... yeah, actually it was good that it was overcast. You could feel the radiating heat reflecting off the snow. There was no freeze-thaw cycle happening since temps never went into freezing so the snow remained a nice layer of corn and never got too mushy. It was just corny enough to not be too chattery while skiing the suncupped areas lower in the trees.