Eighty Nine North

22 April 2015

Dutchess, Oakes, & GOS - April 19, 2015

Perfect spring day on Sunday, April 19, 2015. Scott, his brother and I headed up to Mt. Washington bright and early (left Portsmouth before 5 a.m.) and enjoyed one of our longer tours, knocking off Dutchess (not quite continuous), Oakes (airplane gully?), and the Gulf of Slides (#2) on the way out. GOST was in rough shape at the bottom and legs were shaking by then, result was a bath in a stream with about 15 minutes to go. Great day on the whole, can't wait to get back to Oakes in particular which looks to be a special place. Here are a few pictures - Enjoy!

Looking out over Tucks towards the Summit from the top of Dutchess

Wachusett Ski Area - April 12, 2015

Five weeks and three days later: Back on the horse. Two aggressive laps up Wachusett with a full load on a beautiful Sunday morning before the lifts started turning at 8 a.m. Snow was not great, but it doesn't matter, just wanted to get the blood moving and test my butt's strength before returning to George next weekend.

17 March 2015

Duffey Lake & Keith Hut - March 1-4, 2015

Scott, Kyle and I met in Vancouver and headed north to the Keith Hut for parts of four days and three nights in the backcountry and then drove back down to Whistler for three days of lift-serve skiing. Great trip, apart from the fact B.C. has endured a historically bad year for snow fall and I tripped on a cat track at Whistler and developed a hematoma in my right butt. Planning, packing, and executing the back country portion of the trip was really fun, and it was nice to completely unplug in the hut for a while. And big thanks to Jason, who despite being really sick managed to show us the way to Keith Hut before heading back home. Now if that hematoma would just heal a bit faster so I could get back out there!

Below are some pictures from the trip and here is a link to an epic 12 minute video documenting our time in the hut. Enjoy!