Category: Highland Lakes/Hiram Peak

Hiking, Skiing Triangle Jr. Patch, and Swimming in Upper Highland Lake. A fun sort of triathlon. Moth on a flower: Stev skiing with Penny leading the way on

Penny sees another skier… …John continues down the Triangle Patch… …and Penny heads over to greet John… Stev is joined by Makisha and Penny on the Triangle Patch…

Here is a link to Mark’s article on unofficialalpine.com: The Slopes Are Not Crowded At Highlands Lakes We had a three dog day skiing Hiram Peak near Highland

On the drive in we saw a lot of skunk cabbage and buttercups: Makisha: Penny: A panoramic view of Hiram’s Back Bowl and Chutes: View from the top

Looking up across the lake at possible patch skiing destinations: Penny: Makisha checks out the backside of Hiram Peak: A sequence of Penny encouraging Stev to ski a

Upper Patch runs Looking up across the lake at possible patch skiing destinations: Spence: Stev: Spence bootpacking back up to the top of the upper patch… …and starting

Bootpacking up a chute on the backside bowl of Hiram Peak… …looking up… …and looking down… Stev starts down… Jim goes next… Followed by Spence… Jim: Spence: Stev:

Lower Portion of Upper Patch Jason Mark: Stev: Upper Patch Jason Mark: The snow was so good and smooth that we headed up for more laps: Stev: More

The back bowl of Hiram Peak: A closer view of the pond: Hiram Peak and Upper Highland Lake: We skied the upper left patch, the center patch and

Michele looks back at the northeast ridge of Hiram Peak (above) and Stev skiing the skier’s right shoulder chute of the ridge (below.) A panoramic view across the