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Cayoosh Mountain

On January 14th 2019, I was able to stand on top of a mountain that I have wanted to for a long time. Cayoosh mountain. It was on the list of things I wanted to do before Logan and I tried to summit it once before, read about it here https://www.naomiprohaska.com/2017/03/25/cayoosh-cols/ I have been tobogganing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and cross country skiing around Cayoosh since I was a baby. In recent years I have started ski touring there, but I had never been to it’s top. Last night we decided to go for it because the avalanche hazard fit and it … Read more

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Cayoosh Cols

On Monday March 20(aka the first day of Spring), I had an awesome day. My dad, my dog and I left our house at 6:15 hoping to reach the summit of Cayoosh mountain. It is accessed from the Duffy lake road. In the parking lot for Cayoosh there was only one other vehicle. My dad unloaded our antique snow mobile. We started up the logging road and watched the sun glow on the mountains, but it didn’t actually rise for another hour. Joffre and Mattier looked especially amazing. We took the left hand fork when the road turned right near … Read more

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Three Huts, One Day

On Saturday March 11, my dad and I ski toured until dark on the Duffy lake road. Before we left I put Leukotape on my blister prone zones on my feet. Having read about this and tried it once I decided to tryout for blister prevention. We left our house at 8:15. Our goal for the day was to train, not to ski powder. We were planning to hike into and out of as many huts as possible in one day. The max would be four huts. We arrived at the salt shed parking lot at 9am. Our dog jumped … Read more