One of our favorite places to ski is Blewett Pass / Tronsen Meadows, as there’s a network of cross-country ski trails, dry snow, and most importantly, hardly any people! Since it’s not hammered with tourons like Stevens and Snoqualmie passes, we can let Riley and Mickey run free and we’ve nary seen a soul out there! Here’s a brief recap of this season.
December: Powdah!
The first trip of the Skison didn’t disappoint! We managed a tour up Tronsen Meadow past the beautiful Ponderosa Pines and down Fenceline, which had some nice boot-top blower powdah!
Pupper McPowfaceMy sweet sunset love!Snowy Tronsen Meadow, December 2022PowDAH!
February: Dumping!
Mickey is so cute in his new jacket! Thrift store score!
Our best luck at getting a selfie with the degs!
Katt’s new Rab jacket just looks so amazing!
a little SKI-nanigans!
Sunset at Tronsen Meadow, February 2023
March 5th: Powder!
Our timing isn’t always that great as we’ve not skied a lot of powder out here, but this day was an exception and exceptional!
Riley can’t get enough of snow and he always runs ahead to make sure everything is okay for his family!
Boot-top powder is such a joy at Blewett! This “gully” has widely-spaced trees despite only being ~400 foot run.
March 19th: Ski camp!
Katt, Riley, and I did our mostly-annual ski camp trip. We camped off the Fenceline Trail this time and saw only one party. We did a giant loop of skiing at night to document some trails missing from my .gpx file of the area, so not a lot of photos from this trip, but Riley was cold so we gave him a “hat” and he looked RIDICULOUS lol 😉
peek-a-boo!
April 15th: Steezy Peasy
The degs waiting patiently while we transition to downhill mode
Mikey knows how to stay warm during breaks
So does Riley!
On this trip we cleared and signed (with arrows and trail markers) a seldom-used bypass trail that avoids needing to climb.
We debated several names for the bypass. It started with “Easy Peasy,” then “Easy Steezy”, but we settled on:
We crack ourselves up!! (Steezy is slang for “style with ease” aka my ski abilities denoted above, lol)
Mickey’s turn to look ridiculous! His little pupper paws get tired quick so Mikey usually gives him a ride out! SO CUTE!!
I love our snow adventures!