Ski Goat Rocks, Juneuary 2023

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Forecast for the weekend was pretty crappy for basically everything, but as soon as we saw the forecast for snow in the mountains, we decided to go for it! First trip into the Goat Rocks wilderness! Goat Rocks have been on my bucketlist since I first saw them while climbing Tahoma waaaay back in 2001.

We set out for Snowgrass Flats trailhead, by way of Ranger Creek and Packwood airports for Fly Washington Passport stamps, and some tacos and a beer at the delightful Packwood Brewing Co.

FAKE smiles – look below to see how HEAVY these packs were for our “bougie” trip!
Katts pack: 55 pounds
My pack: 67 pounds!! My hips hurt just looking at this
It’s just a bandana, SILLY PUPS!! (He got a pack too)
A new Wilderness!! With skis!!
Juneuary!! (17 June 2023)
Yours truly sloggin’ it out
Katt sloggin’ it out; weather conspired to keep views at a minimum.
Here we are standing on the PCT! The crowds were, well, *nonexistent!*
In exchange for our effort, we were rewarded with 2 inches of JUNE POWDER!! POW POW!!
Snow was GREAT, visibility, meh
Good to the last drop! There’s a lot of skinanigans like this in “spring” skiing, seldom documented as it tends to be a suffer fest, but this was actually Type 1 fun!
After two nights, we hoofed out the 4 miles, catching an occasional glimpse of the winter wonderland we left! Can’t wait to go back!!

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