Hoodoo Pass - Dalton and Heart Lake skiing... and sunburns.

Darn my ginger genetic makeup! No matter how much 50spf I smear on me, I'll always get burnt. No matter,  it's usually worth it for whatever I'm doing. This time I was touring with a great guy Matt in the Hoodoo Pass area. We were able to drive within 100 yards of the Heart Lake trailhead and found ourselves eventually skiing down the central Dalton Lake chute, and then the bowl down to Heart Lake. 10 miles in total, equating to some fantastic skiing with equally fantastic views.

And go!

Matt showing me how a crossing is done. :)

My turn!

Heart Lake

Up and away!

Working our way up and over towards Pearl Lake. Finally was able to make use of my new ice-ax, and boot crampons! :)

Pearl Lake

Pearl Lake... again..

Going up! On up the ridge between Dalton and Heart Lake.

They say never look back right? Well here I am doing just that... Pearl Lake on the way up.

Saddle between Pearl and Dalton

Eyeing the central Dalton chute.

Dalton Lake.

Around Dalton we go!

Area SE of Dalton Lake.

Turns down. :)

Going back out to the saddle.

On the ridge again to the Heart Lake bowl.

Heart Lake to lower right.

Second run start.

Finish.

Heading back. 

Thought this would make a good bear cave, but didn't see any tracks... yet.

Tour for the day.

Thanks for looking! Won't be able to go again until at least June 8th or 9th. :(

-Miles Granger

Hoodoo Pass - Winter wonderland.

Video mix of McCormick & Hoodoo Pass Skiing

In search for new skiing area this spring, I came across the Hoodoo Pass area. I can say with certainty I will be back to this winter playground! A wild success aside from the consistant 1/4-1/2 mile visibility today. We started from the Hoodoo Pass trail-head, and proceeded up to Radio Mountain, down and over to the ridge just East of Hoodoo Lake. A hike back up and down the other side to the edge of Hoodoo Lake.

After skinning back up the western ridge of Radio Mountain we proceeded back to the snowmobile, which broke down about 1.5 miles from the Escape. Looking forward to next season when I might have a newer, more reliable one, and come back to visit Hoodoo Pass. We also have pretty stable conditions to work with, minus a soft layer of sluff about 5" down.

Extended Column Test Results:

ECTN 11 @ 5" Q3

ECTX

Resorts may be closed, but we'll be skiing for some time...

Hoodoo Pass trail-head.

Mike.

Plenty of fun still left up here.

Cornice off the side of Radio Mountain

Half-way back up from the first run on the east side of Hoodoo Lake ridge

Looking towards Radio Mountian

Getting ready for another great run to Hoodoo Lake.

Hoodoo Lake.

Short exploration.

North side of Radio Mountain.

All downhill from here!

Thanks for looking!