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Backcountry Ski/Snowboard - Teanaway Guard Station

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Backcountry Ski/Snowboard - Teanaway Guard Station

PLEASE, NO REGISTRATION REQUESTS BEFORE JANUARY 3, 2022. If conditions allow, we'll ski and camp at the Teanaway Guard Station, and explore the nearby area for mellow low-angle turns. Think Snow!

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Gabrielle Orsi
Gabrielle Orsi
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
  • Easy
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 4.4 mi

Teanaway Sno-Park, time to be determined.  A Washington State Sno-Park Permit is required for parking. Please obtain this Sno-Park Permit BEFORE the trip; they are not available at the Sno-Park itself.

Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/hU4RQ5VqN5mPVK3M9 

From I-90, take exit 85 (Highway 970) and go north approximately 6.5 miles to Teanaway Road. Turn left and drive 13 miles to end of pavement. Veer right onto Forest Service Road (FSR) 9737.  From mid-December to April, access to cabin is by snowshoe, ski, or snowmobile only. Parking is at Teanaway Sno-Park, 2.2 miles from the cabin. The road and parking area are occasionally plowed by road crews.    

Please no registration requests before January 3, 2022.

This trip Will Depend on appropriate conditions and public health/COVID-19 guidance. snow conditions may require converting this trip to a snowshoe trip.

Trip May be cancelled due to bad weather, COVID, ROAD ClOSURES or other reasons.  

Participants: please be ready to camp on snow with social distancing.

When you request leader's permission for this trip please be sure to include:

  • Your on-snow winter camping experience
  • When & where you earned your AIARE Level 1 or Level 2 certification (if it is not within the past 10 years, you'll need to re-certify before the trip)
  • Recent backcountry ski experience

It is an easy trek of 2.2 miles to the Teanaway Guard Station over a groomed snowmobile route from the Sno-park.  We'll explore the surrounding area on skis and look for mellow low-angle slopes for turns. Ski back out to the Sno-park on Jan. 25.

  • GPS coordinates of the guard station: 47° 21' 34.9999" N 120° 51' 19.0001" W
  • Caltopo.com map: https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=47.35134,-120.85012&z=15&b=f16a&a=sf
  • Guard station information page. Up to 24 inches of snow in a 24-hour period is not uncommon in this area. It is possible upon return to your vehicle that you will find it buried in snow or blocked by piles of snow from snowplows. Please be prepared to dig it out with a shovel. Make sure your vehicle is prepared for winter driving conditions including deep snow, which means winter (not all-season) tires, or at a minimum, tire chains that you know how to put on the car BEFORE you need them. AWD/4WD does not matter in snow, tires do.
Route/Place

Teanaway Guard Station

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • The Ten Essentials
  • Overnight WINTER camping equipment: 4-season tent, winter sleeping bag, insulated sleeping pad, stove & extra fuel, etc.
  • Extra layers, extra gloves/mittens, eye protection such as goggles or sunglasses
  • Backcountry/alpine touring ski equipment: skis/boots/poles, helmet, skins that fit the skis or snowboard, and repair kit. Note that nordic (cross-country) skis are not appropriate.
  • Complete avalanche safety equipment: Avalanche shovel, avalanche beacon, avalanche probe
  •  A pack that can comfortably carry all of the above equipment. The pack MUST be able to carry all critical equipment, especially the avalanche safety tools (probe, snow saw, shovel) and ski crampons, in a manner that is both secure and easily accessible, inside the body of the pack. Strapping any critical avalanche safety gear to the outside of a pack is not acceptable, and you will not be permitted to participate in this activity with such a pack.
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