Friday, January 24, 2014

White Pass Ski Trip

For Christmas this year, we gave the family a day of skiing at White Pass. Chris, Will and Andy went last year and had so much fun they wanted to go again. And Zack totally wanted to give it a try, too! The boys came home for the weekend, Chris had the week off from church and the sun was out… the perfect time to go!

So we hit the road and headed up to the pass. It wasn’t cold or crowded, despite being a holiday weekend (thanks to the Seahawks game) and we couldn’t have asked for sunnier skies!

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The guys all rented their skis and boards and hit the slopes.

White Pass 04 White Pass 02 White Pass 03 I fully intended to spend the day in the lodge reading books and sipping coffee but how could I when the sun was shining! So, instead I walked across the street, put on my new snowshoes and hit the trail around Leach Lake.

White Pass 07the view of the lifts from the Nordic lodge

 

There wasn’t enough snow for the snowshoe trail so I had to just walk along the ski trail. But it was still a very pretty and easy walk for my first time on snowshoes.

White Pass 10White Pass 12White Pass 11White Pass 13There were lots of other “single old ladies” and families on the trail, which was nice.

White Pass 14Eventually, the trail ended up at White Pass campground right on the shores of the lake. It made me really want to try snow camping someday! Especially with such brilliant weather!

 White Pass 15 White Pass 16 White Pass 17      I could see the hotel on the other side of the lake…

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The prettiest part of the trail was on the far end of the lake just before getting back to the Nordic Lodge…

White Pass 19White Pass 20White Pass 21White Pass 23In fact, it was so pretty that I went back, got Chris and made him try out his snowshoes…

White Pass 27White Pass 26By the time we got back to the lodge, the game had started and the lights had come on for night skiing. It looked like a ghost town. Well, not in the lodge where everyone was watching the game. But it did make skiing even more fun with no wait and no one in your way… ;o)

White Pass 29White Pass 28On the way home we stopped in Packwood for supper and to finish watching the Seahawks win their way to the Super Bowl! The burgers at CliffDroppers were great! We’ll go there again next time we hit the slopes! I bet Super Bowl Sunday would be the perfect day to be there… LOL

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