Thanks for the inspiration, that crater run is sweet! Such a unique run.
A little update on conditions from yesterday: we took the summer trail and it was melted out below 4,200', solid snow on...
Strong work! That's a lot of heavy skiing for one day. Glad you guys made it out safely and nice running into you on the summit for round two the next day!
What an amazing traverse! Beautiful photos too. The Canadians really do it bigger. Reading about epic traverses like this and the Full Coast Range Traverse is incredibly inspiring. It makes even the m...
Interesting route around Chikamin! Very nice way to avoid all of that steep S facing terrain and probably better skiing as well.
Way to push through that catastrophic ski failure too. Never had to us...
Awesome pictures and great advice on scoping out the Thunder Exit before going to the upper mountain! That thing gets crazy wind loaded and it's barely a detour to check it out.
I once had a scary ex...
I'm using a Sony RX100 Mark 6. It's small enough to fit in a pocket so I always have it on me. Good zoom for scoping lines, pop-up viewfinder for shooting in bright conditions, 4K video. It's not very...
Wow, that looks thin! I skied it late Feb a couple seasons ago and I remember the lower section being thin even at that point in the season.
Lots of beautiful shots in your blog post. Snoqualmie is t...
I briefly considered this as an option for yesterday but wasn't thrilled about the lack of low elevation snow.
Hard to motivate for the hiking starts when you could just ski from the car!
Lane, did you move back to Washington?
I still live in SLC, came up here for Thanksgiving and I'll probably stay until Christmas. Utah is in the midst of a month-long dry spell and the snowpack i...
I went back today and didn't find any stuck cars, so no huts or jumps unfortunately. After the storm on Monday there is no way someone is getting up there with a car!
Beautiful day out there! Wonder if we crossed paths, was there a party of two right behind you when you skied off the summit? We skied the same couloir then went over to McCausland.
The road was pret...
Great TR! Skied a couple of these yesterday. Such a beautiful area. Those icy volcanic cliffs are pretty unique - haven't seen anything like that in Washington before. Reminds me of Hyalite.
Also, fo...
The first time I did it, you could ski right across the giant gaper at the top of your photo. A few years later, you had to sidestep up the side of a serac to ski across its top. Definitely hanging ou...
That will be a sad day. I had no idea that the east side was continuous so recently. Do you know of other glaciers in the Cascades that flow into the valley below like this one? Maybe the Chickamin an...
Thanks for this awesome and unique report. We are very lucky to be skiing right now, Snoqualmie is a special place. Maybe I'll see you up there this week enjoying the rain corn.
With ski crampons I generally use the flat or the mid riser and set a low angle track, since that is where the crampons are most effective.
Some crampons like the Fritschi actually have risers on the...
Welcome to TAY, nice TR!
Surprisingly good day out there. It wasn't raining as hard as I expected and the snow was really nice rain corn except for the tree debris in the forest. Skied the Twin Lakes...