Baker Snow Caves - Day 2 Wrap-Up

It is hard to think we could have had a better day than yesterday, but today was no slouch.  After an exceptionally warm night in the cave, we woke up around 8:30 and began to bring things together for the next day.  As you can see, we were bundled up rather warmly in our sleeping bags for the night and we all had an opportunity to grow “closer to one another” in an effort to stay warm.



Everyone started getting up and working on getting ready for a great day of skiing.  Some of us of course get up a little faster than others…

The troop quickly got to work on tearing down the cave we built the previous day. As many of you know, tearing down the snow cave is critical to the safety of others in the back country since someone could become seriously injured if they fell through the top of the cave while hiking, skiing or otherwise.



While shovels and ice saws are our first choice of tools to complete this task, some of the scouts had other more primitive methods of accomplishing the task.

Once we were done with cave teardown, we hiked out to the parking area to tailgate some breakfast.  Muffins, OJ and some sausage hit the spot to prepare everyone for a full day of skiing. The day was a bit overcast, but our skiers were able to take advantage of all the spring skiing conditions Mt. Baker had to offer.

 
The day ended a little wet, something to be expected in the Northwest ski season. Once the chair lifts ended, we hit the road and stopped by a little restaurant near Western Washington University to have a little dinner for our trip home.  We’re returning now, laughing about the weekend and reminiscing about the wonderful conditions we had.  This was a trip to remember and we all can’t wait for another year of good times in the snow cave.  Take care and we’ll see you on the next trip!