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With the warm weather we bailed a little over an hour in after crossing across one to many steep slopes with already soft snow below avalanche chutes down low for our comfort level
Indeed, I foun...
Hey, I recognize those p-cord and grip-tape wrapped ski poles, and that Bogus Basin-tested form. Hi Pat! Schralp hard (but not too hard...it is still early November 😁) for us stuck out east.&nbs...
What a cool route that really does justice to one of the prettiest spots in the cascades.
Yeah, 9 people in the lookout? Yeesh. There are plenty of regulars on this forum who are, or will be putting it all on the line to save our brothers and sisters. Show some respect....
Nice report on a burly objective. I was wondering if anyone was going to attempt it with the low-elevation snow. I guess this year you mighta gotten 'lanched trying to attempt it right afte...
Wow, what a tour de force, and the snow looks like it was top notch for some steep skiing. I had a big grin watching the video on the Tour of the Gods. Beauty only matched by the price tag...
Looks like a great way to visit intriguing country. Did you have time to tag any summits?
Nice report. Looks well worth a visit. The Sawtooths really are an under-appreciated range, and I expect many people want to keep it that way ;D
Wow, now that's off the beaten track. Thanks for the Tuesday morning dreaming.
We are indeed far from the action, it seems. WNY has got snow (200+ inches of lake effect/year) on Tug Hill and the Chautauqua ridge, but there isn't much terrain there. That I'v...
Looks good! I just moved to WNY in the fall and am still in either the denial or bargaining phases of the 12 steps ;). There's some relief around here, but snow was more miss than hit...
Wow, good one! Makes skiing powder in April before it gets sloppy look like child's play, I bet.
Awesome! Been to a few of those places in the austral fall. They look much better with snow.
Nice one, Andy!
Thanks for the report. Had the road been plowed at all (wondering for biking purposes)?
Solid work getting that done in a day! It sounds like running it N->S would have been easier skiing and skinning?
I wonder if those are the same bright pink (?) skis that I borrowed to ski Pisco back in 2008? Enjoy the Cordillera Blanca--it's an amazing place, even though the minibuses were terrifying...
It's been a long time, baby, but I want you back.
On the other side of the highway (PCT north parking below Yakima Peak) I found the same. East aspects had supportable suncrust on them by the time we made it back over the ridge at 4PM. No...
Good one! I've been eyeing those slopes for a while.
Thanks for doing your part to bend the stoke:moan ratio!
Meanwhile, across the valley, Alpy was riding fine above 4000 or so feet. Below 4000 feet the brushpack was healthy, and delivered crotch shots of the Cascades' finest: alder, mountai...
Inspiring, and thought provoking. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Kept me smiling through all 9 minutes.
One lesson I am going to try to learn from this report is to make explicit what the Hazards Of The Day are, and no, these aren't always avalanche. I believe this is now a prominent part of the A...
author=patrick link=topic=30686.msg128465#msg128465 date=1392068201]1) How confident am I of my assessment? Even 99% confidence isn't enough when a slide would be disastrous. I developed this r...
We were skiing the north slopes to the west of point 6479. Snow conditions were 18 inches of unconsolidated fluff on an icy crust. Dug a pit lower down and got CT 16 on the new snow/old snow interfa...
Did you essentially follow the summer trail before you gained the southern ridge?
author=aaron_wright link=topic=29789.msg124981#msg124981 date=1385751417]Surface hoar forms with clear skies, so not frozen fog. Radiational cooling of the snow on clear nights combined with warmer mo...
Surface hoar=frozen fog, facets=recrystallized snow.