"February 6, 2026. Carried skis for the first 1.5 miles. Skinned with a few areas that we had to take off skis over rocks until hitting the ridge. It was easier to just carry skis at that point. Probably could have skinned a little bit more after reaching the seismograph, but our skins were pretty wet at that point. Solid bootpack except for the last 400 meters to the rim. A warm, calm day until we were almost at the rim. It was pretty windy and cold up top. Put on layers, ripped off skins, and skied down. Really nice corn skiing that ended too soon back at the ridge. Booted back out from there. With Ryan. " — runningvegan • Feb 6, 2026

"January 19, 2026. June like conditions in January. Ascended via 2 o’clock with awesome sticks and kicks. Descended via 1 o’clock. Not bad skiing above Palmer. Awesome skiing on Palmer and below; they finally groomed Palmer. With Ryan and Brooks. " — runningvegan • Jan 19, 2026

"December 31, 2025. 7th Helens summit, but first time skiing it. An awesome day! Light snow with exposed small rocks for the first half mile of trail, but still skinable. Skinned up to the ridge and carried from there to save time (less transitions with the ridge rocks). Great boot pack and soft snow, did not even need to put on crampons. Skied all the way down, except for the last half mile. Great snow above tree line, hard packed in the shaded trees. No other skiers or boarders. With Ryan. " — runningvegan • Dec 31, 2025

"December 28, 2025. One year and one day after breaking my elbow. Good new snow coverage for skinning and skiing. Not as icy as the usual Hood conditions. Hogsback has not really formed yet. Safer to cross the tarn/flat while keeping an eye out for crevasses than climbing up the “Hogsback” that is farther climbers left than usual. New loose snow was covering the previously compacted snow. Making forward progress into 1 o’clock tedious. But still solid conditions. With Ryan." — runningvegan • Dec 28, 2025

"September 13, 2025. Third Mount Washington summit with Ryan and Brooks. First time free scrambling to the summit; which only took 21 minutes from the saddle to the summit. Did two rappels, from the summit and back to the saddle. An excellent day on the mountain. Brooks's first time on rappel." — runningvegan • Sep 13, 2025