Blair- yup, thanks- that's about right. Congrats on year one! Happy to be heading into winter, so I don't have to get all worked up again about maintaining my streak until about late July!

Blair- thanks so much for the timely report! That looks very typical for this time of year. It's rarely good above 9000' this late- maybe in October, all will be sweet if we get an early storm. Hoping...

Mike- I have enjoyed reading your Spider Meadows reports in previous years. It's been on my list for a long time, but haven't made it yet. Bummer to see its current state! Glad to see your dog is stil...

Skier of the Hood: Thanks for the great report and photos! I had a similar experience yesterday. Got to the parking lot at 7:00, and it was 2/3 full! But what a day- when I rounded the turn in the roa...

Thanks blackdog! It's easy to forget how spectacular the views are over there!

Very nice! What a gorgeous part of the park to do a 3500 v.f. half marathon! Those look like absolutely bone-rattling conditions!

Congratulations Mike! I'm guessing your many readers say "don't quit!". But the bottom line is, what does Clara say?

Robie I just can't seem to kill those things! They're my go-to late August to early November skis when there may be serious geological surfaces involved! "Superlight" is only a rel...

Looks really great! How does the distance compare for the Spray Park approach vs. Knapsack Pass?

Thanks for the trip report! May do the same thing tomorrow, but the forecast is calling for rain/showers/clear/calm/windy/thunderstorms or ???? I guess that is a bunch of words to say "unsettled&...

Looks great! Was up there two weeks ago for 7/31 and 8/1 and it doesn't appear to have changed much. I was very surprised how well it skied. Did you skirt left or through the middle of the big cr...

Great job, Mike- really enjoyed this trip report as well as yours from last year. Thanks so much for sharing this experience and these wonderful memories that you two will always cherish. Thanks also...

Beautiful photos and cool video- great trip report! I am headed to Icefall in a few weeks and I wondered, was there anything you took along that you didn't need or anything you didn't take t...

That looks much better than what I encountered Sunday on the Muir side. It was so bad it was embarrassing to be carrying skis! There was a portion from about 8500-7500' that was merely "bad&...

Pete- I did your same route up Shasta with friends Rick and Evelyn from Salt Lake and their two kids Torey and Hayden. We summited at about 8:30 am on Sunday the 24th. We did not wait for it to soften...