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7/16/06
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
7/17/06 2:40pm
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Great job on the climb and the photography. We spoke with you in the parking lot on Saturday evening -- I guess you were more determined to summit than you let on at the time!
author=crustos link=topic=26788.msg112891#msg112891 date=1357103444] No stability issues noted. There was a skier-triggered avalanche near the rocky face of Castle (skier's far left at the saddle...
We were there Sunday, July 15, and our experience was quite different, in both good and bad ways. When we left the parking lot around 9:30, there was a lenticular cloud on the summit. By the tim...
Nice TR and pictures.We were there on July 7 and had a very enjoyable day. Despite a perfect, calm, weekend day, we saw just a handful of other skiers and a few hikers. The skiing was very good...
The variable breakable crust was not peculiar to St. Helens -- the south side of Mt Hood offered similar conditions today, especially below 7000 feet. MSH can be an excellent winter ski trip.
We were the tele skiers who started down with you (maybe it was almost 2 pm). When we got to the bottom of the steep part, we looked up and saw your party stopped midway down and wondered...
That reminds me of this fatal avalanche on May 31, 1998:http://www.traditionalmountaineering.org/Report_MtHood_AvalancheDescribed.htmThe picture at the bottom of the link is taken from the other side...
This isn't exactly a trailhead improvisation, but I wanted to pass it along:Four of us set out to ski around Crater Lake in a late March snowstorm, during which eight inches or so of new snow fel...