With all the deep new snow, travel was slow, grinding to a near halt once we were sinking well past our waist and still had 1400 feet to go.
Foiled by winter storm, we still found a good day out!
Great destination for a high avalanche danger day.
Weather was NOT a problem. The mother of all traffic jams on 410 WAS a problem. Diverted from original destination due to being stuck in stop and go traffic from Enumclaw to Greenwater and beyond.
We completed a 26 stairway historical loop hike on Queen Anne . Rain was in the forecast , and only at the hike start did we experience it . The views were great of downtown Seattle , Puget Sound , and Magnolia.
Canceled due to conditions
We took the opportunity of forecast strong winds to go out and paddle in rough conditions.
You'd think we would know better than to venture out into a winter storm. But at least the Falls were fantastic.
A hike that had a bit of everything - from rain, to sleet, to snow, to fog - the moon finally peeked out at us once we reached the top of Poo Poo Point's southern lookout, where we found fresh snow aplenty.
This was a great advanced intermediate 12 mile ski on the Thompson Ridge trails.
The hike was three loops in four parks on Capitol Hill including historical areas . We also hiked to Union Bay and took photos of our hikers under a tree with three Bald Eagles. We experienced no rain.
Good skiing had at alternate destination
Planned hike to Murat's Bridge in rainy weather. Large tree has fallen across the trail hindering access
Bacon and Canadian Bacon GL climb
Basic snowshoe course field trip. Group of 6 instructors (3 equivalency candidates) and 4 students traveled to Grace Lakes on a snowy day, with breaking trail up and back. 3-4 inches new snow fall during the day, pretty steady 26 deg. temp, wind varied with exposure from calm to 12+ mph.
A fine though windy trip. Destination changed from Panorama Point to Mazama Ridge due to high winds, low visibility, and higher chance of wind slab accumulations. Ice axes were definitely necessary on this trip.