Josh Hummel

Heliotrope Ridge is the Mount Baker equivalent of the Muir Snowfield on Mount Rainier. There are a few places in Washington where you can hike to to get early season turns. With low elevation glaciers and an easy hike it just takes a little bit of snow to get powder turns. After our first storm of the season it was time to drive north. The plan was to set up camp at the base of Heliotrope Ridge and spend the following day lapping the area. With a phone call from Jason Hummel I was on my way up the Glacier Creek Road. Soon enough I would be getting for first blue sky powder turns of the season.