Scottish Lakes, WA

Jan 31 – Feb 4 Sun-Thurs

Intermediate / Advanced level

Four days of skiing the North Washington Cascades in Alpine Lakes Wilderness area. Comfortable cabins, lodge with sauna & hot tub for after ski. There will be multi-level ski trips and snowshoe trips each day. To make the most of this trip you should have some intermediate winter backcountry travel experience.

Join this midweek backcountry ski trip at Scottish Lakes High Camp located near Wenatchee, WA, adjacent to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area. High Camp is the gateway to some of the most spectacular scenery and terrain Washington’s Central Cascades has to offer. Access to High Camp is via an eight-mile private road via truck and snowmobile: no need to part with favored treats and creature comforts this time. High Camp consists of nine rustic cabins, each with its own wood burning stove and stocked kitchen, a comfortable day lodge, hot tub and sauna. At 5,000 feet Scottish Lakes is just far enough east of the Cascade crest to offer blue skies, sunshine, and dry powdery snow. With 35 miles of well- marked trails, access to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, easy open slope touring and High Meadows for steep seekers, views of Glacier Peak and the North Cascades—there’s an incredible variety of fun terrain for all levels of touring, backcountry skiing and snowshoeing. We will spend Sunday night in a motel in Skykomish to facilitate early arrival on Monday.

Trip limit: 15 participants, including the leader.

Cost: $386.00 per person, includes lodging at resort, snowmobile shuttle in and out plus Sunday night lodging in Skykomish. Carpools and group dinners will be organized.

Sign up at the Overnight Trip Extravaganza in October. Afterwards, you may sign-up on the ONC-PDX website or send your overnight tour application and a check for $386.00, payable to ONC-Portland Chapter, to the trip leader, Russ Pascoe. Contact Russ at: russ.bec@gmail.com or 360 901-3411