For New Years, Roy, John George, Gina and I headed up into the Chiwaukum mountains east of Stevens Pass for a three day stay at Scottish Lakes High Camp. What a great spot! The camp is accessible by an 8 mile logging road. You can either ski or snowshoe up, or take a combination 4 wheel drive / snowmobile shuttle. We opted for the shuttle. We arrived just after a storm deposited about two feet of new snow in the mountains, which made for interesting driving, but great scenery. It also made for tough trailbreaking. For the first night, we stayed in a cozy cabin that was more suited for 2. Our second night, we moved to a more palatial cabin. No electricity, but plenty of firewood, and propane to see and cook by.
We cross country skied all three days. Roy had fun breaking the trail through the meadows (known as clearcuts in the summer, but with snow, they looked like meadows) to a nice lookout. We also practiced tree skiing in the falling snow. And, we had plenty of fun trying to get ourselves up after some great falls of our own. Note to self -- do not cross country ski alone as it is impossible to get up without someone else's assistance.
On our last day, we skied 4 miles down the road to the parking lot, where we were met by the 4 wheel drive vehicles. Roy tucked almost the entire way down. I was too much of a wimp. We'll be back next year!
We cross country skied all three days. Roy had fun breaking the trail through the meadows (known as clearcuts in the summer, but with snow, they looked like meadows) to a nice lookout. We also practiced tree skiing in the falling snow. And, we had plenty of fun trying to get ourselves up after some great falls of our own. Note to self -- do not cross country ski alone as it is impossible to get up without someone else's assistance.
On our last day, we skied 4 miles down the road to the parking lot, where we were met by the 4 wheel drive vehicles. Roy tucked almost the entire way down. I was too much of a wimp. We'll be back next year!
