Thomas Kakatsakis

Lines

Personal archive of peaks and lines I've skied or dream of skiing in the future.

Tahoma - Mount Rainier

Routes Completed
Tahoma Glacier Sickle - 2026
Winthrop Glacier - 2026
Success Glacier Couloir - 2025
Emmons Glacier Complete - 2025
Kautz to Nisqually Glacier - 2021
Fuhrer Finger - 2020
Emmons-Winthrop - 2019
Ingraham Direct to DC - 2018
Little Tahoma - 2018

Shuksan - Kulshan

Mount Shuksan
Price Glacier Couloir - 2025
The North Face - 2024
Northwest Couloir x2 - 2021
Summit Pyramid x3 - 2019
White Salmon x3 - 2019
Sulphide Glacier - x3 - 2018

Skoog Topo Skoog History

Scurlock Shuksan Scurlock Kulshan

Mount Baker
Colfax Peak - 2025
Coleman Headwall - 2024
Thunder Glacier - 2024
Sherman Talum Glacier - 2024
Mazama Glacier - 2023
Boulder Glacier - 2023
Squak Glacier - 2023
Easton Glacier - 2020
Coleman Glacier x5 - 2018

John Scurlock's aerial imagery of the North Cascades introduced me to what was possible in the mountains.

Cascade River Road

Lines Skied
Eldo to Hidden Lake Traverse - 2026
Magic S Loop - 2026
Cascade-Johannesburg Couloir - 2025
Cascade Pass (Mixup) Couloir - 2025
Eldo Royale Couloir - 2025
Klawatti Peak South Face - 2025
Torment-Forbidden Face - 2024
Forbidden-Isolation Traverse - 2021
Lost Marbles Couloir - 2020
Sahale Mountain x3 - 2018
Eldorado Peak x5 - 2018

Trip Report

Jason Hummel has explored and documented glacier skiing in the Cascades more than any other person and has been a big influence. Print

North Cascades

Lines Skied
West MacMillan Spire - 2026
Ruth / Icy Traverse - 2026
Big Kangeroo - 2025
Mount Frisco - 2023
Mount Sloan - 2023
Ruby Mountain - 2023
Mount Larrabee - 2022
Cashmere Mountain - 2021
Silver Star Traverse - 2021
Whitehorse Mountain - 2020
Goat Mountain - 2020
Black Peak - 2019

Scurlock North Cascades

North Face of Mount Goode photographed by Lane Aasen from my first ski trip out SR 20, a dream ski line still on the list

Snoqualmie Pass

Lines Skied
Mount Lundin - 2026
Bryant Spines - 2025
Chair South Summit - 2025
Kendall Adventure Zone - 2024
Granite Mountain - 2022
Melakwa Point - 2021
Red Mountain - 2020
Kaleetan Peak - 2020
Chair Peak Circumnav (x5) - 2019
Snoqualmie Mountain North - 2019
Chair North Slopes - 2018

The Snoqualmie Mountain Slot Couloir

Ski Traverses

The Dakobed / Tenpeak Range in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. I traversed the range with Henry Zing in 2026 skiing Mount Clark, Mount Luanha, Chalangin Peak, Neyah Point, Tenpeak North Couloir, and the Chocolate Glacier on Glacier Peak.

Forbidden-Isolation Traverse (2021) - 5 day traverse from Cascade River Road to Highway 20 in North Cascades National Park
https://turns-all-year.com/trip-reports/a-forbidden-and-isolated-traverse

Whistler to Garibaldi Traverse (2024) - 4 day traverse from Whistler Ski Area to Brohm ridge in Garibaldi Provincal Park
https://turns-all-year.com/trip-reports/whistler-to-garibaldi-ski-traverse

Dakobed Traverse (2026) - 4 day traverse circuit from the White River across the Dakobed Range and Glacier Peak

Future goals: Pickets Traverse, Bugs to Rogers, American Alps

Skiing onto the Forbidden Glacier (2021)

Whistler to Squamish route (2024)

Alaska

Buckskin Glacier Basecamp, Alaska Range - 2026
Col Mustard, Moose's Tooth Highway

Hayes Glacier Basecamp, Tordrillo Range - 2025
Mount Gnome, The Cathedral, Hayes Volcano

Pika Glacier Basecamp, Alaska Range - 2023
Granite Glacier, Throne Col, Hobbit Tower
Italy's Boot, Dragon's Spine, Crown Jewel North Chute

Hatcher Pass, Talkeetna Range - 2022, 2023
Higher Spire, Lower Tower, Yisbo Peak
Delia Peak, Pinnacle Peak, Archangel Peak

Thompson Pass, Chugach Range - 2022
Acapulco, Sapphire, Girls
Python, Cracked Ice, Mount Dimond

Rogers Pass

Roger's Pass British Columbia, one of the best place in the world to backcountry ski

Sir Donald to Avalanche Traverse
Avalanche Crest
Forever Young Couloir
Mount Green Ross Path
Cheops Shelf Couloir
Grizzly Peak Southeast Face
Mount Sifton South Face
Rogers Run and Puff Daddy
Lone Pine Slide Path

New Zealand

East Face of Aoraki / Mount Cook. I have not skied this but maybe one day

Mount Rolleston, Rome Ridge Otira Slide
Temple Basin backcountry, Mount Phipps
Craggieburn, Cheeseman and Mount Hutt backcountry
Mount Cran, Mount Oliver

Peru

West Face of Yannapaccha, Peru

Yanapaccha (5460m)

Vallunaraju (5686m)

Nevado Pisco (5752m)

Nevado Ishinca (5530m)

Full gallery of backcountry ski lines:

Lines22 new items · Album by Thomas K

Sunrise approach in front of Hyandoy (6395m)