Snow Bowl and beyond
When I was snowshoeing last week out the ridge south of High Hut, I came to an opening in the trees that gave me this view to the east. The image shows Snow Bowl, a good area for "Telemark" skiing and snowboarding... the bowl was logged a few years ago and the new trees are small yet and mostly covered by the deep snows... probably about 4-6 ft deep right now. Snow Bowl Hut was built at a log collecting area--it's at the top right below the mountain in the distance. The mountain in the distance is Mt Adams, another of the Washington Cascade Range volcanos... it's about 40-50 miles distant and stands at 12,000 ft., second in the state to Mt Rainier's 14,000 ft. The other mountain on the left side is Griffin Mt. It's about three miles beyond Snow Bowl Hut. the Yurt is in a valley at the base of the white snowfield on the smaller peak. It appears a short distance from Snow Bowl but there is a deep valley and another ridge between and a beautiful ski or snowshoe route through forest with openings with views to Rainier and other peaks and valleys in the area. This image doesn't relate accurately how much snow is in the mountains because the trees have shrugged their burden and slipped the snow to the ground.
Peace