My buddy Mike and I set out early Saturday to try climb/ski Broken Top. This is one of the more picturesque peaks just outside of Bend with three craggy summits surrounding a small glacial cirque.
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| Mike approaching Broken Top in the predawn. |
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| Sunrise on the approach, car dashboard said 7 degrees... mmm, mmm TOASTY! |
Unfortunately it is an 11 mile round trip skin on flat ground to reach the base of this mountain. Of course in typical Oregon Cascades style the weather completely socked in the moment we got close and cleared out the moment we headed home. Mike's knee was flaring up from his new running regimen too, so we opted to go up Ball Butte instead which involves a 1,000 ft less vertical and a couple miles less of ski travel.
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| Mike on Ball Butte? Ball Butter? Buttery Ball? |
On the way back I shredded some sweet gnar... radical overstatement dude! Overall it was a fun day but gosh darn did my feet hurt after that 5.5 mile skin out!
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| Mike being serious, or maybe understandbly grumpy, as we watch the clouds part. |
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| As soon as we're a mile back towards the car the weather totally clears... WTF!? Ball Butte on the right. |
Check out Mike's awesome video clip from the day... Mike, YOU are my hero! Ok that may have been too corny... whatever... watch the video!!!
Ball Butte Climb from
Mike Arrera on
Vimeo.
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