Category: Monitor Pass

Makisha and Penny wanted to head up to the snow. I agreed, so we headed back up to Monitor Pass and skied the North Ridge of Leviathan Peak.

A nice thing about patchskiing is that you aren’t limited to the normal operating hours of a ski resort. Being able to take your dogs with you is

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