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Redtop Mountain

  • Start date: 01/13/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 01/13/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

From the Crescent Lake Sno-Park we will take the Pretty Lake Trail and ascend the east side of Redtop. We will plan to ski down either the east or north side depending on conditions and group desire. Its possible we will loop back via Pretty Lake or possibly Fawn Lake. Mileage should be between 8 and 10 miles. Prepare for a long day and turns on the way down! ***Please Note!! number of participants is changed to 12 ****

  • Event Leader: Harold Thompson

  • Event Leader Phone: 458-205-1439

  • Event Leader Email: haroldthompson@aol.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: South Eugene High School, 19th & Patterson

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 155

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Back country skis and boots with climbing skins. Food and water for a long day and clothes for possible cold, windy conditions. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 9

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 2100

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Ten hardy skiers, five on AT, and five on Tele gear, left Crescent Lake sno-park at 9:40 AM heading for the slopes of Redtop Mountain. Skiers were on the summit in three hours for lunch under blue skies with perfect views all around. Then the downhill fun began, taking the north open slopes through a foot of blissful powder in conditions that a skier can normally only wish for. A loop heading first north and then east brought the group to Pretty Lake. Snow conditions deteriorated as the elevation decreased and a steep, heavily forested slope proved challenging. The trail from Pretty Lake back to the sno-park was hard packed and fast, and the end of our nine mile day was reached before 5:00 PM. Thanks to Dave McAllister for digging an avalanche risk assessment pit before we took to the open slopes. So what was better, the AT or the Tele gear? Five votes the for AT and five votes for the Tele.