Nov 6, Skiing at Alpental!!!!

On October 7th, one day less than one month ago, Siri, Anthony, Mike, and I hiked up Alpental. Here's a picture:




Today, November 6th, we skied there. (!!!!!) Needless to say, I was very excited about it. But, we almost didn't get to go. Due to rock slides on the east side of the pass, the WSP closed the highway from North Bend all the way to Cle Elum. Well, smart Mr. Anthony Boscolo decided that we should get off the highway, drive a sideroad up to the next freeway onramp, and try to convince the cops to let us drive through, as we weren't going to go beyond the summit. Amazingly, they let us through. Anyway, it is a really weird experience being the only car on the highway, but that is another story.

So, we got to Alpental by 10-ish, and started climbing. Siri had never used climbing skins before, and she had some trouble with it at first, but by the time we got through the gut, she had figured out how to do it, and we were golden. We only went as high as gunmount, and the snow was so thick it made the skiing tough, but it was a really awesome day anyway. I mean, any time you ski on november 6th has got to be a good day, right?