Obstruction Point in Olympic National Park
With weather in Washington looking sour for the Cascades we decided our best chance for weather would be the Olympics. kjkrow=Kyle (from splitboard.com), Dan (crstlextrm from TGR) and Myself Kyle Miller went out to Observation point for a four day tour.
Everyday at my work I watch the sunrises over the Olympic Mountains but never really head that direction.
After work on Friday we all gathered up our gear and were heading towards Port Angeles by 4:00. After a long journey we made it up to Hurricane Ridge around sunset
That night was a long trek in the dark on a sloped snow pack. We made it 6.5 of the 7.5 miles to Eagle Point and called it a night.
The next morning we hiked the last mile out to observation point
When we got there we dug out the bathroom and dropped off most of our gear inside. When we skinned up to the ridge we noticed a Solo Teleskier on top of a huge alpine bowl.
After some applause it was our turn
We rode all the way down to Badger Valley then skinned out towards Elk Point which had some nice chutes on the North side
We had spotted the chute on our way up to Hurricane Ridge across the Valley
Then we finished it the day off with one last run into the badger Valley
It had been a long hike so we rested for a few hours. For sunset we hiked up to obstruction point and watched the sunset before we rode back to basecamp
Day 3
Instead of heading North like we did on Day 2 we went South towards the Grand Valley.
We passed up 3 alpine bowls on our way to the Grand Valley so we could hit them on our way back.
Dropping into the Grand Valley
We only went a few hundred feet into the valley then skinned back up to the ridge. Our next run was a beast
For our final run of the day Dan saw a ridge that he had wanted to ski
The last morning we woke up to rain and decided just to hike out instead of taking one last run. It turned out to be a good idea because when we got to the car it started Hailing and pouring
The last morning we woke up to rain and decided just to hike out instead of taking one last run. It turned out to be a good idea because when we got to the car it started Hailing and pouring
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