Last Friday four us climbed Mount Saint Helens. We all skinned up from the parking lot, topped out just shy of the summit (because, cornice), and then skied back down.
One person in the group was brand new to the challenges of skinning. The conditions were generally good, but there were some steep spots and areas of hard snow that made good kick turns and edging a must.
I don’t know about anyone else who’s learned to skin, but when I learned there was a lot of bruises (mainly from falling on my … Continue reading