Too Much Driving...: More catching up...

Okay, yeah, I've been lazy again, so here are a few pics from random trips we've been on in the past couple months. First was a ski trip into the MTTA High Hut near Mt Rainier. This was a trip that Justin and Laila put together and we got lucky enough to get a spot on... The hut was 4 miles from the trailhead on a ridge crest that could pounded by weather all weekend. Overall we probably had something like 3 feet of snow. Skiing was okay, but the weather made it rough to want to leave the plush digs and good food to go make turns.

Part of the crew getting ready for our first run

Drying out the gear... A theme of the weekend! :)

Evening activities

Breakfast before the LONG ski out

Bunch of rippers on our first run of the day

Justin and Mother Nature going head to head

Next is a quick ski trip we took up at Tombstone Pass... Highlight of the day was awesome views and great turns down the east face of cone peak.

Working in a skin track for the lower snowfield

Skinning up after our first run

East face of Iron Mountain

Self portrait on Cone Peak

Summit of Cone Peak

Someone was getting tired...

Cone Peak Summit Pano... Windy!

Skiing through the trees near Iron mountain

About a month ago we took a weekend and drove down to the desert in southern oregon. I don't have many pictures, but one of the highlights was eating at a place called the cowboy dinner tree... They only have 2 menu items to pick from: a 28oz steak or a whole chicken! Talk about absurd.

Some cool lake out in Eastern Oregon... I forget the name.

Mel somewhere near the cowboy dinner tree

Couple of cuties

Awww...

Then I figured I'd toss in a few pics from our last lift serviced day of the year... The mountain was closing the next weekend, but it had just snowed 8" and the conditions were about as nice as they'd been all year. Cool views I'd never even seen before (usually it's cloudy).