I don't imagine there are too many places where you can rock climb and ski in the same weekend, let alone the same day. Dad and I were able to do both for two weekends in a row! On June 19th we went to Kila's Crag in the morning and then zipped off to the Jewel Basin for some spring skiing. The next week, we drove up to Stone Hill on Lake Koocanusa on Thursday night after work climbed until dark, slept in the back of Dad's truck (complete with new sleeping platform), and woke up to climb until it got too hot on Friday. The whole trip was solid, putting up a total of 5 moderate routes, 4 of which were traditional leads, and doing some anchor building/lead climbing practice. The "Chip Off the Young Block" climbing team is gearing up for some alpine ascents of some technical peaks in Glacier Park this summer, notably St. Nicholas and B7 Pillar. Then on Saturday we drove up to Logan Pass to ski Bird Woman Falls Basin with Brad, a friend from school, and Randy, a friend from church. We wound up circumnavigating Mount Clements and skied down from the saddle between Clements and Cannon, the
Krummholz Route and then down the front between Oberlin and Clements back to the Visitor Center. Incredible couple of weekends!
Dad and I on the ridge of Mount Aneas before some great skiing.
Randy and Brad enjoying some sunshine and snow while skinning over the Hidden Lake overlook trail.
The "Chip off the Young Block" climbing team in action.
Brad in the foreground with the Krummholz Route shown in the background (the strip of snow in the center of the picture).
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