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12/16/08
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
12/17/08 6:34am
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Excellent write up! It could have ended very different. Glad you made it out safe. In armchair mode, I don't think I would have dropped in at/after 4pm. Bodies make...
Another lurker. Selfishly skied right past your big group on the way down to get out of the rain. Rude, I know! Had been doing short laps on the top half most of the day to stay above the wet stuff...
author=airpoppoff link=topic=26048.msg110138#msg110138 date=1352846625]they appear to be missing their snowboards....Looks like they had to eat them. Or use them for firewood? :)
author=K-Train link=topic=26048.msg110089#msg110089 date=1352782409]Does anyone have an inside line on whether the road might open tomorrow? Nothing definite, but I expect it will be closed much the s...
author=ND link=topic=26048.msg110049#msg110049 date=1352748617]I tried calling MRNP office for a total of 15 minutes now to tell them where we saw foot traffic, no one picks up.ND,Try again. (36...
Welcome back to the game! ;D
Have they raped the slopes yet in preparation for Holy Oly?
It's like a bizarre alter-universe! Surprised the lines stayed up so long! Met Anne the Fitness Machine (from Seattle) the day before and put in about 6 of the lines in the photo before working...
Looks like a great adventure! Question:What's happening in this photo? Is he sliding down or floating up up and away?
Zap,Nice chatting with you! We must have timed it right and didn't experience any flat light, but it was in and out all afternoon. Conditions were indeed a pleasant surprise, as we were expecti...
Way to go Trav!!!!! 8)
Beautiful line. Way to get after it boys!
Rad! Is that a plastic shovel in pic #2? Good work guys!
I agree with you JJS, those fees are bollocks. Mt St Helens National Monument is Federal Land, collectively owned by the people. Charging someone $22 to walk through their own backyard is ludicrous...
We were up there today as well. There was even a Storm Trooper sighting (and dog). Don't normally post Hyak trips, but this one was with a babe in tow, a fun diversion from the norm.
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=20444.msg86914#msg86914 date=1302064351]Is there some reason that Alpental is closed so much this spring? And the snowpack is MUCH deeper at the Pass this year, 98"...
author=Mattski link=topic=20104.msg85465#msg85465 date=1299900569]Is this a trend to just mention aspect and elevation?No. Only elevation info from now on. Any cryptics beyond are superflu...
After you powder princesses left, Alpental rallied with the reopening of Chair 2, and NO LINE at either lift all the way until close. Precip let up as well. It was a complete ghost town, with some l...
Scary. Glad you're safe! Aspect?
Way to slay it R, G and E! Much better up track than the post hole parade we saw on Sunday. I was in the orange jacket talkin Drifter tech with you. Paul (weaver on TAY) and I did a few mo...
Doh! CURB!!! Way to seize it J!!
Snowpocalypse 2010?! That's great! ;D
MarkeyZ, We kept looking back waiting for you to catch up and help break trail! :p Glad you got some of the goodness! Sweet tuque btw.Some photos:The BulldozerGetting HiRound One CompleteNinja Cat...
Thanks again for the turns gentlemen!
author=trumpetsailor link=topic=16335.msg68218#msg68218 date=1270949844]The picture seems to tell the story - please refrain from any snarky comments at the injured party; an avalanche is rebuke enoug...
Glad you got out, Ben! Forgotten compass aside, sounds like there were lots of opportunities to learn on this one. If you started from the PCT trailhead, it can be a maze of snowshoe tracks, and sno...
Nasty manky stuff indeed. Watched Amar and Ned shoot the chute. Pretty lines. Got nervous seeing them so close to the earlier crown face. That was the only slab evidence I witnessed...
Nice. Thanks for the pics and update James!
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Solid effort gentlemen! 8)