Weekend in Leavenworth

Saundra, Ann, Jason and I all drove up to Stevens Pass on Monday (Feb. 26) hoping for some more fresh powder. The day ended up being amazing! It snowed about 4-5 inches Sunday night but their was a hard crust under the dry powder. We went straight to the backside and found good snow but it was really hard to control yourself with the random hidden ice chunks under the powder. We ended up going back to the front side and had a great run down Double Diamond where Jason and I found waist deep snow! We did a few runs in the tree's off of Big Chief with excellent snow. Later that day we did a couple great runs off of Seventh Heaven that all though pretty tracked up was great! I decided to head back to the car early because of my injured Collar Bone from last Thursday while everyone else did a few more runs. That night we drove down to Leavenworth where we enjoyed a nice hot tub and Ann's great enchiladas.
We made it back to the pass at about 9 in the morning and were disappointed to not find any new snow. It maybe snowed about an inch overnight. We ended up being pretty satisfied with the conditions as it ended up being a little bit better than yesterday. We were still able to find great snow off the beaten path. I did a great run down Big Chief Bowl and through the tree's into the parking lot. Jason and I rode the Seventh Heaven lift and hiked up to the top of Cowboy Mountain and had a great 15 seconds of untouched deep powder down the north face of the peak. Tuesday was only a half day as some of us had to go to school and work that evening. What a great couple of days! What a great year we are having here in Washington, I have had more good day's than bad!

Monday: 18,610 vertical in 4h. 51min.
Tuesday: 8,870 vertical in 1hr. 47min.