Enjoyed several days touring out of the Brian Waddington hut north of Pemberton in BC.El Nino snow conditions allowed my to drive my high clearance 4WD van a few km and 1000 vft up the FSR past the us...
FWIW: Jim Oker and I and several other volunteers I've recruited have done brushing along that old logging road to make it easier to follow in the last several years. This route has...
FWIW: I have also skied into the WTH -- the middle section of the approach involved sidehilling through moderately spaced trees -- that have had tree bombed crust all three times I skied i...
We went to the Longmire Inn service desk and entered our info on a form: Name, Address, Phone Number, Car make, model and plate number. We then left an item of value (in this case an...
Nice! -- that western slope on Silver down to the lake it pretty perfect. I've been lazier than you in doing this tour -- I typically leave a car at exit 47 and then as a season's pass hold...
Technically, l believe that the parking area at the wheelstop on the Kendall Lakes road is NOT considered a "Developed Trailhead" containing the "Four improvements" required for parking at the trailhe...
author=Telepathetic link=topic=42685.msg166920#msg166920 date=1582649208]Hi Randy,Yes, they just had a snow event while there. Â Never been to Wing Ridge. Do you have a preference?DavidWing Ridge is f...
Nice! I did trips to Big Sheep and Wing Ridge for several years. But I grew frustrated finding wind crust in all those big open bowls above timberline. On my trips we always found th...
The Blewett pass sno park map is a good starting pointhttps://parks.state.wa.us/459/Blewett-I-90Also https://wenatcheeoutdoors.org/guidebook/Has a bunch of info
We skied over the top of Tronsen Head 5981ft doing a variation of the old "Tronsen Head Loop",, except we climbed directly up the N aspect of Windy Knob instead of following the Lillaby XC15...
I was out with a group in the Tronsen Basin area as well.Much better than forecast conditions on Tronsen Basin today. All the snow fell overnight giving us partly sunny skies, winds were nowhere near...
author=IntheTrees link=topic=42331.msg166099#msg166099 date=1576524390] the park ranger unfriendliness was a good reminder how the parks still have things they can improve on. What was the unpleasant...
Yoyo, Joker and I skied Kehr's, Aquarius and Skid Row.Snow density was somewhat lighter above 4500 -- Sharks got no core shots, but some edge tuning is in order.
Also IME the first few days of operation, there can be the "fog of war" in ski patrol and resort operations, so expect some chaos and random events. A few years ago I toured on...
FWIW: The website uphill travel info page is here
https://www.crystalmountainresort.com/the-mountain/mountain-safety/uphill-travel
Also the last couple of times I've headed toward Silver Basin/Besr...
author=mikerolfs link=topic=42089.msg165524#msg165524 date=1565292533]Wow, that place is gorgeous! I need to visit. Never been. Looks like a nice amount of skiing too.We got roughly 2000vft of turns&n...
That was YoYo and I that you saw.https://photos.app.goo.gl/wmakXtMgDetWsUjg7https://photos.app.goo.gl/6wxJP2kyczNk6CBw9https://photos.app.goo.gl/tkM6d83eegg7V9e67
Sleds are excluded from the permit boundary during the season. But once the nordic center and hyak close -- sleds invade. It's provably never been tested legally -- the summit operate...
2018-03-14 003 by Randy, Skiing up the middle finger.29216371_10156279504641057_1662567224507891712_o by Randy, Sometimes the little flat spot below a tree isn't the best place to rip skins.2018-...