Category: Monitor Pass

We returned to our “local” ski spot, Monitor Pass. It is only half an hour away from our home and the snow conditions are holding up pretty well.

This would be our third time up here in seven days. With a storm forecast for the afternoon, we had a wide variety of conditions. We started with

Since the skiing was so good to start the week on Monday, we made a return trip to end the week on Friday. Makisha and Penny were happy

My wife Michele called me when I was driving home from work with the news that Monitor Pass had just opened. After arriving at home we gathered the

Dusk Patrol I started my approach at 6:40 PM. Here is a photo of the ridge of snow I skied. Penny: I also attempted some self-timer photos. Here

Dusk Patrol Skiing Spence bootpacking up toward Leviathan Peak Fire Lookout Spence harvesting sweet corn snow Penny following Stev Stev skiing in the shadows Penny Stev spraying snow

Dusk Patrol Penny heads down below the Leviathan Peak Fire Lookout Video Looking back up toward one of the areas I skied Makisha and Penny join Stev Penny

After a weak winter and warm weather opened Monitor Pass the previous month, a recent storm briefly re-closed the pass for a few days. It reopened with some

Stev near the top of Leviathan Peak: Penny, Makisha, and Stev just below the Leviathan Peak Fire Lookout: Stev, Makisha and Penny: Stev: The branch slalom course gives

Penny: Makisha waiting for Stev to start skiing: Stev and his shadow… Stev, Penny and Makisha… Stev: