Tumalo Mountain - 5.14.2024
We parked at the Dutchman Flat Sno-Park... across the road from the Sunrise Lodge entrance to Mount Bachelor.
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Leaving the Sno-Park and immediately starting to gain elevation.
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Our snowshoes were incredibly helpful... with the 'heel ascenders' making the steep elevation gain a lot easier.
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Gaining elevation through the trees on Tumalo Mountain... with Mount Bachelor becoming more visible the higher we go.
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Still gaining elevation on Tumalo Mountain... here with a nice peek-a-boo view of Mount Bachelor.
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Our first good look at the summit area of Tumalo Mountain.
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Here comes Denali Girl... with every step being uphill... and with Mount Bachelor on the horizon.
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Still gaining elevation on Tumalo Mountain... here looking east toward Swampy Lakes and the city of Bend, Oregon... with a prescribed burn taking place.
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On the southern end of the very large Tumalo summit area... looking east at the prescribed burn... and looking SW at Mount Bachelor on the right.
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After snowshoeing 1.6 miles and gaining 1,430 feet of elevation we have reached the 7,775 foot summit of Tumalo Mountain... here looking NW ( left to right ) at South Sister, Middle Sister and Broken Top... with part of the Tam McArthur Rim on the right horizon.
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A pano shot from the Tumalo Mountain summit of Mount Bachelor on the left... and South Sister, Middle Sister and Broken Top on the right.
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Time to leave the Tumalo summit area and take a slightly more direct route back down to the Sno-Park.
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Heading back down to the Sno-Park... with South Sister, Middle Sister and Broken Top on the horizon.
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Heading back down to the Sno-Park... with Mount Bachelor on the horizon... and Bachelor is still open to downhill skiing.
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We are a stone's throw from the Sno-Park... and the total snowshoe was 3.0 miles, gaining 1,430 feet of elevation.
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