South Sister: Skiing the South Ridge (June 99)
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Mt Bachelor from the Highway
First View of the Three Sisters
Three Sisters and BrokenTop
Skiing Up past Broken Top
Looking Back at Mt Bachelor
Across the Plateau to South Sister
Map of South Sister Ski Route
Distant View of Diamond Peak
Skiing Up the Clark Glacier
Skiing Up the South Ridge
Skinning Up at Maxiumum Angle
Alex on the Crater Rim
Crater Rim and Mt Bachelor
View of North and Middle Sisters
Summit Rocks of South Sister
Skiing the Summit Pinnacle
Skiing into Summit Crater
Skiing down the South Ridge
Skiing the Clark Glacier Cornice
Skiing the Clark Glacier Cornice 2
Skiing Back across the Plateau
Evening Light on South Sister
Soon we cut an angling traverse to skier's left to retrace our ascent route back onto the large plateau. This nearly mile-long (and very flat) plateau interrupts an otherwise quite continuous ski descent. That's me trying to catch up to Alex on the flats. It's not too much trouble to cross on alpine touring or telemark skis, but would require some extra effort on downhill skis or a snowboard. (TIP: use ski poles while snowboarding across the flats, it works well!)
(Photo by Alex Cronin)
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