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author=dfhkvs link=topic=36697.msg149510#msg149510 date=1467475745]KLW, did you ski SW chutes down to RTM and then back to cold springs on that trail? I usually (earlier in the season) ski SW chutes t...
author=dfhkvs link=topic=36695.msg149497#msg149497 date=1467390483]thanks for the great photos; did you ski SW chutes or south side? If the former, how much shenanigans (carries, etc.) to get back?D.I...
My favorite return route is to affix skins at ~7,800' to ascend a steep snowfield to the skinner's right of the SW Chutes runout.After ~1,000' vertical of skinning, a portage of ~300�...
author=john green link=topic=34437.msg142086#msg142086 date=1438372090]Timberline just announced that they're closing to the public after this Sunday (Aug 2). There may in fact be additional ski...
The green route actually was solidly connected the entire way.(Even though in the picture it does indeed look briefly discontinuous.)I took the red route though because it connected with the groomer ~...
^ Hmm, interesting.So for the sake of narrowing the discussion (sorry for the thread drift Amar!), let's say the *only* concern is a roped partner falling into a crevasse on the ascent.In favor o...
Glad to hear that the PNW still has sustained good skiing vertical somewhere other than Hood & Adams -- you got in ~950' more vertical than we did the following day in the SW Chutes (though s...
Annotated version should be attached now.
author=rlsg link=topic=34437.msg142054#msg142054 date=1437865561]Thanks for the informative report..btw how is the surface above Palmer snow field--sun cups, bumpy, smooth, nice..etc.?Mix of Fair &...
author=john green link=topic=34437.msg142052#msg142052 date=1437848639]While they were confident they could make it through this week (and they have), they warned that soon lift operations would be on...
^ Glad to hear you got a good ski in on Snowdome, and also glad to hear we weren't the only ones who were sketched out. (And seemed like a period of rapid transition, given our views of rel...
author=unclebo link=topic=32362.msg135701#msg135701 date=1412874816]My early skiing days were literally up-and-down a rope-towed cow pasture in upstate New York before I reached a young age where ice...
author=mikerolfs link=topic=32156.msg135100#msg135100 date=1408458994">On the Hyas Glacier we met Mauri Pelto, director of the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project. NCGCP siteMauri and two graduate...
author=ron j link=topic=32158.msg135119#msg135119 date=1408550762]Yeah, we've come to the conclusion over the years that while an August hike into Spray Pk is about 3 miles, the trip back out is...
Yes, miserable weather, but still one of my favorite tours ever!As Ron remarked either that day or another time, the higher you get on the mountain, the friendlier the people get.Of course, the two of...
Miserable weather August 15 with you and Jeanette on Muir.Then perfect weather with you on August 22 when your binding broke.(I started keeping track of my ski days back in 1976 when our elementary sc...
Cool picture guys. kw’eq sámit!
author=Patarero link=topic=32103.msg134926#msg134926 date=1406318030]Top of the mountain got frosted with fresh this past wed.Hood on Thursday morning had overnight freshies from the base of the Palme...
So the skinning is still continuous up the "winter" ascent route?
author=samski360 link=topic=31956.msg134427#msg134427 date=1403422595]The Cloud Cap Road is still closed (any word on when it will reopen?).A few days ago when I called up the Hood River station for a...
Super, thanks for the beta!(I'm looking forward to skiing the moguls on Monday after the weekend hordes...)So in addition to the usual RMT exit, I've also previously returned by skinning up...
A stellar day for sure!I was out there the same day, after three days on Hood for a friend's wedding:http://timefortuckerman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15976I thought that snow conditions ranged...
author=Jeff Huber link=topic=29379.msg123501#msg123501 date=1382390205]Fantastic ski day. The day also marked my 10th year of continuous TAY.Congrats!This would have been such a perfect way to reach t...
Whoah, sobering account into the group dynamics...must have been some major disputes earlier in their ascent to prompt those kinds of remarks...granted, could have been unrelated to the fall, and any...
author=bfree32 link=topic=28980.msg122014#msg122014 date=1374002075">They were having some group dynamics issues and were arguing over safety and garbage during a rest stop...I guess that happens when...
It's all about the orange hue -- looks fast when combined with the green boots!(TGR is all over red boots being fast, but that's only for the down, not the combine up & down.)The reasoni...
Some very familiar-looking terrain!Here's the route in more detail:http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=28932.0Impressive that you had good snow right of...
Nice to see Voile getting in the game, and they’re only about half a pound or so off the benchmark of three pounds per pair, so about the same price and weight as an econo model like the 2013-14 Hagan...
What a great way to finally finish up our volcano quest!(Now we can just ski only the places we really want to ski...)Here's our route overview:This elevation profile conveys very well the initia...
author=Patarero link=topic=28624.msg120422#msg120422 date=1369419115]actually scored some powder in the sw chutes on adams on monday (5/20)Nice!But which approach/trailhead did you use?(Sorry for the...